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29.0.50; `string-pixel-width' depends on the current window width

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Message #14 received at 51995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 51995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Brahimi Saifullah <brahimi.saifullah <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#51995: 29.0.50; `string-pixel-width' depends on the current
 window width
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 10:35:56 +0100

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:

>   Since calculating the text height of a large buffer can take some time,
>   it makes sense to specify this argument if the size of the buffer is
>   large or unknown.
>
> So any such fix has to be made in 'string-pixel-width' itself.

Yup.  Finding an appropriate limit to use here isn't trivial, though.
But I guess we could just use something very large, or add an optional
parameter to 'string-pixel-width' to allow the caller to control it...

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