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23.0.92; output of describe-font-internal and doc string of font-info

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.92; output of describe-font-internal and doc string of font-info
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:07:26 -0700

Doc string of font-info no longer describes the third element it
returns, CHARSET.  It used to be described as "CHARSET is the charset
displayed by the font".
 
describe-font-internal no longer displays the CHARSET information for
a font. It used to be described: e.g., "ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))".
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-03-30 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
 

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <2946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#2946: 23.0.92;output of describe-font-internal and doc string of font-info
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:21:38 -0700

> Doc string of font-info no longer describes the third element it
> returns, CHARSET.  It used to be described as "CHARSET is the charset
> displayed by the font".
>  
> describe-font-internal no longer displays the CHARSET information for
> a font. It used to be described: e.g., "ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))".

Also, it seems that what is called "size" in the doc of both `font-info' and
`describe-font' would be better called "width".

From `font-info':
 "SIZE is the maximum bound width of the font"
                            ^^^^^

`describe-font', in particular, should use "width":

       full name:
-outline-Lucida Console-normal-r-normal-normal-14-105-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1
            size:  8
          height: 14
 baseline-offset:  0
relative-compose:  0

Also, why isn't command `describe-font' mentioned in the Emacs manual? That
would be a good place to mention it and explain what each of its components
means.

Message #24 received at 2946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 2946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.92;
	output of describe-font-internal and doc string of font-info
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:23:51 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Doc string of font-info no longer describes the third element it
> returns, CHARSET.  It used to be described as "CHARSET is the charset
> displayed by the font".

`font-face' no longer seems to return a CHARSET value.

> describe-font-internal no longer displays the CHARSET information for
> a font. It used to be described: e.g., "ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))".

I'm guessing ditto, but I haven't checked.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 2946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2946: 23.0.92;
	output of describe-font-internal and doc string of font-info
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:25:27 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Also, it seems that what is called "size" in the doc of both `font-info' and
> `describe-font' would be better called "width".
>
>>From `font-info':
>  "SIZE is the maximum bound width of the font"
>                             ^^^^^

It now says "SIZE is the pixelsize of the font".  I think "pixelsize" is
the technical term here, so while "width" may be more intuitive, I think
"pixelsize" is probably more informative.

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