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

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Message #55 received at 50178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: gregory <at> heytings.org, 50178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50178: 28.0.50;
 Size of echo area does not account for line-spacing
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:57:02 +0300

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:09:14 +0200
> Cc: 50178-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:
> 
> > Try emacs -Q, C-h h to see why it is impossible to have "an API that
> > returns how many lines fit on a given window".
> 
> Any graphics environment worth its salt has methods for measuring
> whatever object without actually rendering it.

So does Emacs: that's what window-text-pixel-size does.

> If an integer, it specifies the maximum height in units of the
> mini-window frame’s default font’s height.
> "
> 
> Why that was implemented that way? (instead of using pixels, for
> instance.)

Because in most cases it's more useful: it approximates the actual
number of lines quite well.

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