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Feature request: Function that returns absolute coordinates

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Message #112 received at 5721 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: 5721 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, IRIE Shinsuke <irieshinsuke <at> yahoo.co.jp>
Subject: Re: bug#5721: Feature request: Function that returns absolute
	coordinates
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:56:38 +0200

YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu skrev 2010-07-15 11.57:
> It seems to be difficult to reach agreement about absolete unscaled
> vs. absolute scaled.  Fortunately, that doesn't matter for X11
> currently, and we agree with the necessity of a special function that
> returns absolute unscaled coordinates to pass to an external program.
> Why don't we start discussing the specification of that special
> function, letting absolute unscaled vs. absolute scaled aside for now?
>
> My proposal was to make it parallel to posn-at-x-y, as I mentioned.
>
> (posn-at-x-y x y&optional frame-or-window whole)
>

Sure.  Please check the ifdefs in the window absolute functions I made to see 
the various differences w.r.t tool bar and menu bar.

	Jan D.

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