Subject: Re: bug#14636: 24.3.50.1; window-line-height doesn't seem to work, unless the point is at the end-of-buffer

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:35:13 +0300

> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:24:43 +0100
> From: E Sabof <[email-masked]>
> 
> In emacs -Q
> 
> (window-line-height)
> C-o
> C-x C-e
> 
> Results in nil.

That's a documented limitation.  From the doc string:

  Return nil if window display is not up-to-date.  In that case, use
  `pos-visible-in-window-p' to obtain the information.

> Interestingly enough, I can specify line numbers (or not) and it will work,
> but only as long as (= (point) (point-max))

You cannot easily predict when the window display will be up-to-date
by the time this function runs.

Closing as not-a-bug.