From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46853: Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font size" Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:05:28 -0800 Message-ID: References: <875z2a4x2c.fsf@gnus.org> <87tupu3cdd.fsf@gnus.org> <87pn0i3c0j.fsf@gnus.org> <83wnuq7izl.fsf@gnu.org> <874khu3aiw.fsf@gnus.org> <83o8g27hoa.fsf@gnu.org> <838s73jasx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36211"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 46853@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 04 19:06:15 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lHsMY-0009FS-19 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:05:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:05:28 -0800 In-Reply-To: <838s73jasx.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:201429 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> It also maintains the terminological confusion that is the reason for >> this bug report -- i.e. it talks about "the default face" instead of >> "the font size" [in the current buffer]. > > There's no such thing as "the font in the current buffer" in modern > Emacs, because we are capable of using quite a few fonts in the same > buffer. (Right, but I didn't write "the font in the current buffer". ;-)) > Which doc string are you alluding to here? There's IMO a difference > between doc strings of user commands and doc strings of the rest of > the functions and variables. The latter don't need to cater too much > to users, so they can be more rigorous. Doc strings for user commands > and options should perhaps start with an easier to understand text, > but should afterwards have notes that prevent erroneous > interpretation. Perhaps we are in violent agreement, because I agree completely. > IOW, we need to consider the doc strings on a case by case basis. I'll rework the patch (more carefully this time) so we have a better basis for such a discussion.