From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Line spacing too large for TTF? Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:41:59 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253536947 30551 80.91.229.12 (21 Sep 2009 12:42:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:42:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 21 14:42:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MpiDj-0003a5-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49985 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MpiDi-00082r-T6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MpiDc-00082U-Mu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MpiDZ-00081N-8M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49257 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MpiDZ-00081D-0q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from m61s02.vlinux.de ([83.151.21.164]:51096) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MpiDY-0001l9-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from kafka.physik3.gwdg.de ([134.76.92.48] helo=kafka) by m61s02.vlinux.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MpiDR-000116-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:01 +0200 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115490 Archived-At: I'm a bit confused regarding the default line spacing in Emacs. I'm using Emacs 23.1, started with 'emacs -Q'. Then I evaluate (ucs-insert #x2503) which inserts the box drawing 'heavy vertical' unicode character. I think with the default line-spacing set to 'nil', these characters should connect when repeated in the following lines, but they don't. With bitmap fonts, there's usually a gap of 1 pixel, and with a TTF like 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', it's about 3 pixels. I'm not sure if this is intentional or a bug? The reason I'm asking is that when using a TTF with very small height, it seems to me that considerable space is wasted with these spacings between the lines. For an example, look at the left sidebar in this screenshot: http://www.randomsample.de/minimap-ex3.jpg I'd like this sidebar to be more 'vertically condensed'. Regards, David