From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: *real* number of lines a window can display currently Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:19:34 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065544504 26484 80.91.224.253 (7 Oct 2003 16:35:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:35:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 07 18:35:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6une-0003vh-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:35:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6umN-00008n-Rs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:33:43 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1065543574 132.204.24.42 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:19:34 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:19:34 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117104 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13032 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13032 > `window-displayed-height' is a built-in function > (window-displayed-height &optional WINDOW) [...] > This is what i search for GNU Emacs 21.X... Does something like this exist or > is there another way to reach my goal? I don't think such a thing exists or can be coded in elisp (the count-screen-lines function fails in several cases other the one you mention). But coding it in C shouldn't be too difficult: just look at the number of rows in the glyph matrix [he said, pretending he known what he's talking about]. I'm curious to know what you need it for, Stefan