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28.0.50; Size of echo area does not account for line-spacing

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Message #29 received at 50178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50178: 28.0.50; Size of echo area does not account for
 line-spacing
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:36:58 +0200

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

>> One workround would be to locally set line-spacing to nil (overriding
>> the user's preferences), but this does not protect against other current
>> or future settings that might affect how the lines are rendered.
>
> Or it could calculate max-mini-window-height more accurately.

It must know and handle every setting that affects line height, current
and future. It would be handy if Emacs provided a function that does
that.

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