From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Variable pitch text filling Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:52:29 +0200 Message-ID: <018F05D6-2D20-4457-A8CA-1ED6A42D8634@gnu.org> References: <87ilwft1ph.fsf@gnus.org> <837dcv2c2c.fsf@gnu.org> <875ysft0l3.fsf@gnus.org> <835yse3n01.fsf@gnu.org> <87lf1ars0f.fsf@gnus.org> <83czmm11t0.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7byrplm.fsf@gnus.org> <83a6hq0zey.fsf@gnu.org> <87lf19r7uv.fsf@gnus.org> <83tufxy7f0.fsf@gnu.org> <83o865xuf3.fsf@gnu.org> <87v90b136m.fsf@gnus.org> <83tufvukjj.fsf@gnu.org> <875ysbxal0.fsf@gnus.org> <83h7bvugxm.fsf@gnu.org> <87sfvessx6.fsf@gnus.org> <87wnkp9c3t.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28715"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , EMACS development team To: chad Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 01 07:54:50 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1msJVs-00077s-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:54:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44472 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1msJVq-0006TG-7p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:54:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1msJTn-00057n-AB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:52:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=37774 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1msJTm-0005ea-V1; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:52:34 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From: Date; bh=Z71vi6vMY71cTSWBinrkQKJD6Bm2/Ew1GFVMTd+vsrQ=; b=b14JQCuLnfEgxPkSYlfo JPPb59gyFLnSdUoZE+B+jJPIbzoqyAEEcMxuiyl8SMCMVJuMS6KP2McvbjhpJMQtUBxuLfN26Wo4z p8s1WVIKCXzZKcYzXeFAWF7g/oErrOQehZNjli1CVlTobfjn/0uXAruwAgxS0ehSALMKnq+aJukXB 13K0A4KiNfzoz8nWinEm1mhvAR5tZzsqjyGCNqNVBPC5i67RuBN0dKH86hELFc0DHD94qvbfsr6eW GLh1UZr3Kqcv+xAYxAh5fNfCXw0a/jAy2ySSpGZUUn2Dcd/yiVhl/0fsqoh0plQBpvAdwsKhzNaQi TOkSd6JXh/KCjQ==; Original-Received: from [2a02:14f:1f9:744::b2c:4ad1] (port=50652 helo=[IPv6:::1]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1msJTk-0000Qd-Gk; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:52:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: Autocrypt: addr=eliz@gnu.org; keydata= mQENBF+pf4UBCAC6vjkWLSAsQpe8YIGKLQzNOJx/IjGtCdFF8uzmO5jmME+SD8ROuJN+t5KXVw58 uzu75EFD0vHTY9e+udJ2gkpuy0NnzkFcbumdLLo2ERKCoSctZZRhzKXI5z5cHxCqW0B2ygHRrRLt oNlGID7bAgcgSViT1ptGqTXO7zGVu4Airok7dNzcPtHgns8GlR5YAFX0TvE6oGd0l2VPghNeVJKJ OjrbfhoDxl3ucFpqbqMH8z9HTLDOFpz8UaYYUdJMi3xX6vwTZxI2sM2RRVLUpZyllAkSMI4lln1O OgazM/62DJUs/rKIHKBnF6h3/qsJUjUYXaAHbrXY26mWllAd536lABEBAAG0I0VsaSBaYXJldHNr aWkgKGVsaXopIDxlbGl6QGdudS5vcmc+iQE4BBMBAgAiBQJfqX+FAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsE FgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRCRwSYvAeuNOYUQB/4/iIKKOG45ijNaRoTvmJJZMvj1S07WQxEm7c5SHEeE QbLOAxB9vESOV7sLueuN3oqEndtzyYt4x1WTSBmHFF7h5fcCMjBs41siOIp5Sj/xD0Bvaa0IKGCR SZ7PAo8Mq3wgajXpTpn9vxE2PmtzA8KdEE0K1+f9pVAfOpUIcCl44rIxLUW352XG0y7iz6c/O6LB 1deOKMiKFctKO7pBti1dJEm1ImewLH3H8uTbwspLOs3EB8xhsESxmTidnze68HX2jt+2EeMgCdki NU+LWbexQZPfIS7+ZmE06ll0v6+Jy7ZdTkCCRypKWTnW7pIFsq/p4kybV8O/kHSV6B4vvQBfuQEN BF X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:280584 Archived-At: On December 1, 2021 7:39:42 AM GMT+02:00, chad wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:32 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: >=20 > > [=2E=2E=2E] a display spec that would enlarge the pixel width of every= character > > with that display property by some number of pixels=2E The display sp= ec can > > be called char-width=2E > > >=20 > I know that the two great problems are naming, cache invalidation, and > off-by-one errors, but in case it helps: if I understand the concept > correctly, it's very close to what typesetting calls "tracking"=2E Emacs users are not professional typographers, so something like "tracking= " will confuse rather than help=2E We should use "spacing" or somesuch=2E