From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3643: emacs -Q doesn't fit on the user's screen Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:12:44 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4B56AE30.4090109@swipnet.se> <878wbtdyfv.fsf@jidanni.org> <4B56BE80.6080307@swipnet.se> <4B56CC7C.8030409@gmx.at> <4B56D3BB.4050709@swipnet.se> <4B56E213.60008@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264084791 20457 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2010 14:39:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:39:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rfrancoise@debian.org, 3643@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 21 15:39:43 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NXyCE-0002hI-DP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:39:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35294 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NXyCF-00035w-6J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NXyCA-00035E-Ko for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NXyC6-00033c-Th for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58936 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NXyC6-00033Z-OM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:34 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39782) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NXyC6-0000Dr-2w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NXxrF-0002MT-S7; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:18:01 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3643 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3643-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3643.12640834809069 (code B ref 3643); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3643) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jan 2010 14:18:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NXxrD-0002ME-DU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:17:59 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NXxrB-0002M9-V6 for 3643@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:17:58 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o0LEHmZ9011295; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:17:49 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D89017001E; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:12:44 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4B56E213.60008@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:59:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3452=0 X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:18:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34598 Archived-At: > Why do we care so much about displaying integral numbers of text lines? IIUC this is because the redisplay code is based around the idea of lines of texts, still. Last I heard, Kim Storm had started work on getting rid of those assumptions, but since he's not very active here any more, I don't know what came of it. If someone else wants to pick up this work, that would be great, Stefan