From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
Cc: 50178@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50178: 28.0.50; Size of echo area does not account for line-spacing
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:15:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ilztvhxr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k0k9er3w.fsf@telefonica.net> (message from Óscar Fuentes on Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:49:39 +0200)
> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 50178-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:49:39 +0200
>
> As useful as it would be an API that returns how many lines fit on a
> given window.
What is a "line" for this purpose? The notion of a "canonical line"
is well defined, and that is what we use. Any other notion will have
to be defined first, and it isn't easy, I can tell you.
> Or, on this case, max-mini-window-height being a true
> indication of the capacity of the mini window on terms of the current
> display settings, which is what the users want 99.9% of the time.
Unless you counted only yourself in those 99.9%, it is a strange thing
to say about the modern Emacs. It's as if you wanted to go back to
Emacs 18, where all lines were the same height.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-25 12:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-24 2:08 bug#50178: 28.0.50; Size of echo area does not account for line-spacing Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-24 11:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-24 13:34 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-24 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-24 17:44 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-24 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-24 18:38 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-24 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-24 19:36 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-25 2:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-25 7:49 ` martin rudalics
2021-08-25 9:01 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-25 10:49 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-25 12:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-08-25 14:33 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-25 17:09 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-25 17:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-25 20:10 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-08-26 6:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-26 7:54 ` martin rudalics
2021-08-26 8:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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