From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39901: Emacs needs to update window-width when the user updates the text size Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:51:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87sgd1jgcs.fsf@gnus.org> References: <878skhphb5.8.fsf@jidanni.org> <877e00nqx8.5.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> <871rkl9u38.fsf@gnus.org> <835z9x9mxp.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21450"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 953033@bugs.debian.org, yamaoka@jpl.org, jidanni@jidanni.org, 39901@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 16:52:10 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Km2-0005U1-5z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:52:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57566 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Km0-0004mt-KC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:52:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Klu-0004ml-O6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40387) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Klu-0003ZR-En for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Klu-000659-D7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39901 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39901-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39901.159663910723351 (code B ref 39901); Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39901) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Aug 2020 14:51:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51930 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Kle-00064Y-PL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:51:47 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:42552) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Klc-00064I-2A for 39901@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:51:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=I4M5dc4BHj49z4rqwE4t0z2ZtChiJOplPVH5ZM7ED4A=; b=aPs27wuv4n4oVoRN01LbuctaJ5 4blj75rJBSgUM0RTP2aVRmzywbaQuRosMtn/irMl2/zIWOIaFaLdPd5FeJSmhuHXm4fkQiesjK3u0 UxJODl913IpMvWn6GKJ/ccSj1BGjZGedHLJ3ZAovzG9aHJ1dckHRn6JO5x0BcarAICfQ=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k3KlR-0005qs-Ak; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:51:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <835z9x9mxp.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:39:30 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:184104 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > I do: there's no bug here -- window-width is documented to return a > value in terms of the frame's canonical character width (i.e. it uses > the dimensions of the frame's default font). And that doesn't change > when you change the font only for a single buffer. > > However, window-width can be asked to return the value in pixels, if > someone wants that, and then one can compute the width in units of any > other, larger or smaller, font. > > IOW, if some applications produce unexpected or unpleasant effects > when the buffer text is resized, those applications need to be > sensitive to such resizing. But changing the semantics of a veteran > API like suggested here is a non-starter, as it would definitely break > gobs of existing code. Yeah, that's true. I had completely forgotten that C-x C-+ only affects the current buffer, so resizing the window on that command would be nonsensical. So I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no