GNU bug report logs - #18195
24.3.92; window-screen-lines is not accurate

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 02:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#18195: 24.3.92; window-screen-lines is not accurate
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:39:18 +0200

> No, I mean that it is generally unreliable to measure the pixel
> dimensions of some text in one buffer, then assume that the dimensions
> will be the same when displayed as overlay in another buffer.  This is
> only true when both buffers use the same single font and the same line
> spacing; otherwise, it's simply false.

There is no other buffer.  Everything is done in the buffer where the
overlay is supposed to appear.

martin
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