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25.1; `shr-use-fonts' renders `shr-width' ineffective for setting a fill column

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Message #8 received at 24928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: William G. Gardella <wgg2 <at> member.fsf.org>
Cc: 24928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24928: 25.1;
 `shr-use-fonts' renders `shr-width' ineffective for setting a fill
 column
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:32:33 +0100

William G. Gardella <wgg2 <at> member.fsf.org> writes:

> 1. Set `shr-width' to an integer value, e.g.
>
>    (setq shr-width fill-column)
>
> 2. Render an HTML document or webpage in EWW.
>
> Result: the file is not filled at the column selected in `shr-width'.

I've now clarified the doc string:

+If `shr-use-fonts' is set, the mean width of a character is used
+to compute the pixel width to be used."

Hm, that's badly phrased; I'll fix it.  But that's what's supposed to
happen, anyway.  Seems to work for me on the trunk.

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