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display-pixel-height not enough

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Message #158 received at 7296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#7296: display-pixel-height not enough
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:40:50 +0100

Lennart Borgman skrev 2010-11-01 13.04:
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Jan Djärv<jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>  wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Actually I think the documentation is unclear. It should tell whether
> it returns the total display size or the work area size. Maybe we
> should start there?
>

"Return the height of DISPLAY's screen in pixels."

That is totally clear to me.  This is X terms, and there is no room for 
interpretation.  It means the total height, and nothing else.

	Jan D.

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