GNU bug report logs - #15886
24.3.50; Incorrect window-text-height with non-zero line-spacing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Dallas Gray <mail <at> robertdallasgray.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Dallas Gray <mail <at> robertdallasgray.com>
Cc: 15886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15886: 24.3.50; Incorrect window-text-height with non-zero line-spacing
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:32:28 +0200

> From: Robert Dallas Gray <mail <at> robertdallasgray.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:23:19 +0000
> 
> On a graphical display, when `line-spacing' is non-zero,
> `window-text-height' reports an incorrect number; equally,
> `set-window-text-height' can't be used properly. This impacts on
> libraries which use `set-window-text-height' e.g. to attempt to size a
> window accurately.

Those libraries should use 'window-screen-lines' instead.

I think 'window-text-height' should continue doing what it does, as
many packages, and Emacs itself, depend on its current behavior.
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