GNU bug report logs - #7004
23.2; In fullscreen mode, the echo area takes too much vertical space

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 15046

Found in versions 23.2, 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 7004 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se
Subject: bug#7004: 23.2; In fullscreen mode, the echo area takes too much vertical space
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:39:13 +0200

> in to it so it shows up at the botton as unused space.  Any window height
> that isn't an integral of the font height will show like this.
> There is no bug here,

It's clearly not a feature, so I'd qualify it as a bug.
The bug being that Emacs's display code insists on using "character
cells" as measuring unit.  Kim had started working on lifting this
restriction, but I don't know if anything came out of it,


        Stefan
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