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24.3.92; window-screen-lines is not accurate

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Message #142 received at 18195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 18195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#18195: 24.3.92; window-screen-lines is not accurate
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:03:51 +0300

> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:46:17 +0200
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: dgutov <at> yandex.ru, 18195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > You are talking about things that are possible only on the C level,
>  > not from Lisp.  My point was that we don't expose enough APIs to Lisp
>  > to allow such applications, and you now agreed with me.
> 
> I was over-complicating things.  The solution is much simpler and all
> tools are already on board.  Dmitry just has to insert his overlays
> where he wants them and run `window-text-pixel-size' over that window.

I obviously fail to explain to you why this will not work in general.
Never mind.

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