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: Pixel-based display functions Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:03:30 +1100 Message-ID: <87bnl7gh7x.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <54CD4B27.4080201@gmx.at> <874mr6qvi5.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87sieqpfxh.fsf@building.gnus.org> <54CDE908.7050908@gmx.at> <87ioflq0dz.fsf@building.gnus.org> <54CE2187.9070003@gmx.at> <83lhkhiq8t.fsf@gnu.org> <54CE54A3.1020707@gmx.at> <838ughilmo.fsf@gnu.org> <54CE6BD2.8000402@gmx.at> <8361bliin0.fsf@gnu.org> <83386piiby.fsf@gnu.org> <87oap9yoti.fsf@building.gnus.org> <874mqzvnwo.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83h9uzeb4a.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnl7jrr7.fsf@building.gnus.org> <831tm3dt8u.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2zvgj4d.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83siejcahb.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423238693 16397 80.91.229.3 (6 Feb 2015 16:04:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:04:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 06 17:04:49 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 1YJlOh-0005Kj-OA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:04:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49069 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJlOh-0004ry-1v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36788) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJlOS-0004rs-Bd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJlOO-00040z-IL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:32 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.syd.comcen.com.au ([203.23.236.77]:1225) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJlOJ-0003zS-LA; Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:24 -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 t16G3Z95060801; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 03:03:36 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83siejcahb.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:42:40 +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=0.125, required 4, AWL 0.02, 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:182544 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> I need to measure the lines after filling so that I know how wide the >> column ended up being. (This is to better use the available horizontal >> space when rendering tables, which is quite important.) > > But then that's an optimization, isn't it? IOW, you can do without > it. Well, web pages look kinda ugly if you don't do this. >> I think the ideal interface for this would be a function that returns >> a vector of glyph widths in the region, possibly with one vector per >> line. > > I'll see what I can do. Great! -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/