From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 46853@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se
Subject: bug#46853: Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font size"
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:05:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874khu3aiw.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83wnuq7izl.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:48:46 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> (set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :height 120)
>>
>> in my .emacs.
>
> Which exactly demonstrates that not all the faces will have their size
> changed. Right?
Sure. But the rules are a bit more subtle, so I wonder whether talking
about the "default face" everywhere is the best way of doing it.
My understanding of what it does is:
1) The default face is definitely adjusted (even if it has an explicit
:height).
2) The header face is also adjusted (even if it has an explicit :height)
and you have that variable set.
3) All other fonts will also be adjusted, except those with an explicit
:height.
There may be other rules, too (are there other face attributes that
hinder size changes?), but this seems to indicate to me that we should
just say (as in Stefan's patches) "changes the size of the fonts", and
then link to a manual node that explains the three points above?
Does that sound reasonable?
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-01 16:40 bug#46853: Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font size" Stefan Kangas
2021-03-01 17:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 19:31 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-01 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 17:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 19:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-01 19:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 19:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 19:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 20:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-03-01 20:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-03 22:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-04 13:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 18:05 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-06-19 23:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 19:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 19:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-01 19:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 0:16 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-04 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 17:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-01 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
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