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30.0.50; [PATCH] What about a vectorized Gnus mode-line logo?

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Message #25 received at 67174-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: 67174-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67174: 30.0.50; [PATCH] What about a vectorized Gnus
 mode-line logo?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:01:34 -0800

On 11/20/23 10:23 AM, Manuel Giraud wrote:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> Hmm, I couldn't find an explicit statement of this in the manual, but it
>> looks to me that, since we're using the 'display text property, the
>> :scale property will already be relative to the text that _would have
>> been displayed there_. IOW, we're already scaled to the text. The text
>> property is applied to the "^Gnus:" part of a string, so 5 characters,
>> and that's our base.
>
> I don't know how it works for you but for me the pixmap version is
> always the same size whatever the font size I'm using.

I suppose that makes sense! Given that it's a pixmap. But not an issue
for us.

>> Anyway, if you're concerned that the icon might bulge out the mode line
>> or something, I don't think that will happen.
>
> Yes, I have tested with really tiny font and the icon (pixmap or SVG)
> never bulge.  So all in all, I think that this patch could go in as is.

Done! Thanks for the patch.

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