From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: HTML-Info design Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:26:48 +1100 Message-ID: <877fw9dndz.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <87sig6xech.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83fvc5ni0u.fsf@gnu.org> <87k31fwwyv.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87bnmq9ibf.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87lhlrx5fc.fsf@building.gnus.org> <878uhrcr5l.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83sifzjflk.fsf@gnu.org> <87fvbyagaw.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83iogujvbq.fsf@gnu.org> <87tx0ee7rf.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83egricpvg.fsf@gnu.org> <87zj97vic8.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83wq4argjp.fsf@gnu.org> <87iofui8vo.fsf@building.gnus.org> <838ugqqczp.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422322155 10656 80.91.229.3 (27 Jan 2015 01:29:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 27 02:29:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YFuxu-0001lu-7P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:29:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFuxt-00088J-IO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:29:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFuxo-00084b-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:29:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFuxo-00081s-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:29:08 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.syd.comcen.com.au ([203.23.236.77]:1186) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFuxi-00080C-BL; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:29:02 -0500 Original-Received: from building.gnus.org ([27.96.197.126]) by smtp.syd.comcen.com.au (8.13.4/8.12.9) with ESMTP id t0R1QrZK030012; Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:26:54 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: <838ugqqczp.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:20:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0.1, required 4, AWL -0.00, BAYES_50 0.00, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 203.23.236.77 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181810 Archived-At: `font-at' doesn't seem to like to be called in buffers that aren't displayed in a window: (with-temp-buffer (insert (propertize "foo" 'face 'variable-pitch)) (font-at (point-min))) => Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Specified window is not displaying the current buffer") font-at(1) (progn (insert "foo") (font-at (point-min))) (unwind-protect (progn (insert "foo") (font-at (point-min))) (and (buffer-name temp-buffer) (kill-buffer temp-buffer))) (save-current-buffer (set-buffer temp-buffer) (unwind-protect (progn (insert "foo") (font-at (point-min))) (and (buffer-name temp-buffer) (kill-buffer temp-buffer)))) shr uses temporary buffers to format various bits, so this doesn't seem to be a practical approach when determining the pixel widths of text. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/