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display-pixel-height not enough

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Subject: bug#7296: display-pixel-height not enough
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:40:34 +0100

2010-11-01 11:20, Lennart Borgman skrev:
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:46 AM, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
> <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>  wrote:

>> I mean compatibility with previous versions.
>
> But is not the current version of display-pixel-height/width kind of
> bogus since it does not give the actual useable working area?

What documentation says that display-pixel-height/width is that?


>
>
>> Anyway, no matter how you try to specify position/size in detail at
>> the Lisp level, additional constraints are forced by the window
>> manager on X11 and the Cocoa framework on Mac OS X.  And such
>> additional constraints actually solve the problem in your motivating
>> example in the first place.  It looks more natural to implement such
>> constraints in the remaining environment, i.e., W32.
>
> I see. Yes, maybe. I will have a look at it. (But I would still
> suggest changing display-pixel-height/width.)

No, that way lies madness.  If you really feel you must fiddle with pixels 
yourself introduce new variables/functions.

	Jan D.

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