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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is a default font?
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:03:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83eexiizm1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h82f6fv1.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Štěpán Němec on Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:38:26 +0100)

> From: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:38:26 +0100
> 
>  @defun default-font-width
>  This function returns the average width in pixels of the font used by
> -the current buffer's default face.
> +the selected frame's default face.
>  @end defun

Thanks.  However, it is incorrect not to mention the current buffer at
all, because these functions are sensitive to face remapping, which is
a buffer-local feature.

I think Stefan and Martin in their followup messages described the
situation correctly.  I do agree that documentation could use some
clarification in this area.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-12-05 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-03 18:36 What is a default font? martin rudalics
2019-12-04 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-04 18:04   ` martin rudalics
2019-12-04 19:38     ` Štěpán Němec
2019-12-05  7:50       ` martin rudalics
2019-12-05 15:03       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-12-04 21:21     ` Stefan Monnier
2019-12-05 17:54       ` martin rudalics
2019-12-05 18:04         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-05 18:24           ` martin rudalics
2019-12-05 18:51             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-05 18:59               ` martin rudalics
2019-12-05 19:13                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-06  8:35                   ` martin rudalics
2019-12-06 15:14                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-07  9:39                       ` martin rudalics
2019-12-07 10:24                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-06 15:45                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-07  9:39                     ` martin rudalics
2019-12-07 10:29                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-08  9:03                         ` martin rudalics
2019-12-08 15:39                           ` Eli Zaretskii

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