GNU bug report logs - #19194
24.4.50; `window-body-width' is not dynamic relative to font size changes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 20022

Found in versions 24.4.50, 24.4.90

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 19194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19194: 24.4.50; `window-body-width' is not dynamic relative to font size changes
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:06:57 +0200

> From: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:34:21 +0000
> Cc: 19194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> If people switch fonts mid-line, that's clearly a pain - but "ems" could
> be defined relative to point-size-at-point, and would accordingly return
> an accurate *length*.

But functions like posn-at-point and other similar functions we have
already report the column number of a given position, so you could use
that as your "column counter".
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