From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Variable pitch text filling Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:10:00 +0100 Message-ID: <875ysft0l3.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87ilwft1ph.fsf@gnus.org> <837dcv2c2c.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27505"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 26 16:11:13 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 1mqcsa-0006ym-W9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:11:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqcsZ-0004th-Eg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:11:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqcrZ-00040T-Hi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:10:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2] (port=42380 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqcrX-0000uB-LP; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:10:09 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=TcDbnK51fYX5A71J5WLBqbRlPGdqcEZNfzKK2Py+dhk=; b=l3L4hg5KGQ1oBdd2p8eQMOcJwd Egc6Kav7rfCwHNVTPm7bT+aBkH8PKDv2rpz6KuTHJQ5BFufHNb/pJZ1X4N+xfJDCiQFaa/XFupGko 3CtLXeeJ7ZZON5BjpYwDoi4y7ZsTPdeFWVgAxsrQOk5BIzfIuEmbbvqtz3gN6osJ2Dn8=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mqcrR-0005fP-00; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:10:04 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAIVBMVEX7+/vn4thlZGci IiVRUFI/PkEUFBgfHyMeHSGGhof////TPQRdAAAAAWJLR0QKaND0VgAAAAd0SU1FB+ULGg47EZ61 RLsAAAGkSURBVDjLdZRNT8MwDIbDxIXj/gFCHHZEuKp7ROs0dkdIvXcC7kFzzmQiOSLBD8bOR5tu nbdJWx77tR27U+rMrpZsSi2qzWivkO1WXfcaTg2hZmBhxgT0cCHiFGhEwjrm4O/ixkakSSwAy+W0 /GnYlZAieCqqwuhtBuDZtBcZfhvnnU+AyJNGOQUJJs0/coSLyqRDVXQKfCAaU473fGxcLhYHIC8z lDRWlY6MTl0U5bIKv6Xk6BOlvBN5Jw7oxoiU3BmATdu/xLIFfAQh43gubYXSJjebAUsZIFvb1pLc DMTkMSNY2zWVC61gAKF2bUHbDvZbQOT2Q/KY7rgF2+HjLoyrlGpakbrvZZIJxNLxs7HdfiUj1gEs euNikme7XefZNwLCMWFT9fCbl6weADd1bNe7vENDhAy22fz1oKdAmgL4WsF5BIvxUOcA8bploSkg LJ6HotzpUxKATDpcaQFjRFoBWenZHKKoLwC5wTNgkl4B0mx93DwthQfgZE18WKth7cPt+qnJLplD Ab5Leog5CvdiRd9m7UHdjH8x67vRftRSzds/QBR5t/+lddEAAAAldEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRlADIw MjEtMTEtMjZUMTQ6NTk6MTcrMDA6MDD3ZXJ3AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOm1vZGlmeQAyMDIxLTExLTI2 VDE0OjU5OjE3KzAwOjAwhjjKywAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Diamond Version's _CI_: "Turn On Tomorrow" In-Reply-To: <837dcv2c2c.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:04:11 +0200") X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -35 X-Spam_score: -3.6 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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:280255 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> To do this with a variable pitch text, you'd have to first fill a line >> normally, and then go over the line and distribute some space pixels >> everywhere (or just on spaces in the line). (This can (conveniently >> enough) probably be done with the new `min-width' spec (if we're >> distributing the extra pixels on all characters and not just the >> spaces).) > > Since we will have spaces in the text from the filling, we could use > the :width display spec on those space characters. There should be no > need for min-width. Yes, if we're distributing the extra space on the space characters only, we can use space specs. But usually typesetters don't do that -- they also distribute some of the space between other characters, too, to get a more even "greyness". (Or whatever they call it -- it's been a few years since I read up on typography last time.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no