From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7296: display-pixel-height not enough Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:24:14 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83hbg66vt4.fsf@gnu.org> <83d3qt77lj.fsf@gnu.org> <4CCA9E5D.5060002@swipnet.se> <838w1h6zbp.fsf@gnu.org> <4CCAC90B.4070800@swipnet.se> <4CCB2713.5070104@swipnet.se> <4CCBC930.5060705@swipnet.se> <2EDD5E782A7C473C875477D2F2A4B743@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288714767 29524 80.91.229.12 (2 Nov 2010 16:19:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:19:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7296@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 02 17:19:23 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PDJZx-00046r-CH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:19:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36519 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PDJZw-00047f-BK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:19:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43492 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PDJ1A-0001SE-Be for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:43:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDJ18-0008Li-SG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35366) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDJ18-0008LN-P2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PDIfV-0008VL-Tf; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:21:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7296 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7296-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7296.128871121632675 (code B ref 7296); Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2010 15:20:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PDIem-0008Uy-CJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:20:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f44.google.com ([209.85.213.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PDIek-0008Ur-9e for 7296@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:20:14 -0400 Original-Received: by ywp6 with SMTP id 6so4161013ywp.3 for <7296@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:24:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0GR6egzsSqUmh9NbvAjQeQGqjbJW5DqAwdPxNK58gUg=; b=khkFxsvvI4zOkFYPfiBm+Kk5x1RcrQSrAa1cDVPTJIX/bWQ/l+GaaQ4Jse/oiAZHu9 MoUIPU1sTzNB69pDQVHQqA64wiLA/kC3q2bvpoiISkwyRrrKOfF9Hp/lDOilWXwbMdtO ZCTFqhzWKldTsz4hUkfCHfbtPbYuXB681X1b8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=n7x/oVpdodXRAP9sTUOB3LKB+WL9Pfnashi7EVGj7GYIwt5v+lFeJHej2qdPZYkmCb F5gJagCMhclr3PPM2nrK3MiGqgIQGIJZA0v5NEBpX+/pir8gVpBMtqK3BVrl1qjpILc0 NB6cIFLULzDFhO3lLKgMOrSQKWgwmZUQv3Ei0= Original-Received: by 10.224.206.138 with SMTP id fu10mr9714495qab.179.1288711476675; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.229.224.199 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:24:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:21:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41371 Archived-At: On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Stefan Monnier w= rote: >>> In what way can the working display area size in pixels be >>> incompatible? And why is using the current total display area size >>> better (and more compatible)? >> It's not that one or the other is better; it's that they >> are different. > > Indeed, and it goes even further: if someone cares about the workarea > enough to want to know its height and width, she may also want to know > its *position* on the screen. =C2=A0So I'm not sure convinced that > adding display-pixel-work-height and display-pixel-work-width would be > sufficient either. Yes, you are right it is not enough. On w32 you get the values for the workarea as a rectangle with the functions I pointed to. Maybe we should have a function that return a list with the work area values (top left right bottom) instead?