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24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:15:50 -0800

In (elisp) Display Property we say this for menu item `Other Display
Specs':
 
 "Displaying an image; magnifying text; moving it up or down on the
  page; adjusting the width of spaces within text."
 
But in node `Other Display Specs' I see nothing about "magnifying text".
 
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-01-03 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
 

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7816: 24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:05:28 -0500

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> In (elisp) Display Property we say this for menu item `Other Display
> Specs':
>
>  "Displaying an image; magnifying text; moving it up or down on the
>   page; adjusting the width of spaces within text."
>
> But in node `Other Display Specs' I see nothing about "magnifying text".

`(height HEIGHT)'
     This display specification makes the text taller or shorter.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 7816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#7816: 24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:31:51 -0800

> > In (elisp) Display Property we say this for menu item `Other Display
> > Specs':
> >
> >  "Displaying an image; magnifying text; moving it up or down on the
> >   page; adjusting the width of spaces within text."
> >
> > But in node `Other Display Specs' I see nothing about 
> > "magnifying text".
> 
> `(height HEIGHT)'
>      This display specification makes the text taller or shorter.

OK, but that's not the same thing as magnifying, which without any qualification
implies magnifying both height and width.

Taller/shorter is not the same as bigger/smaller.

Please try to make this a bit clearer if you can, then feel free to close the
bug.  Thx.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7816: 24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:20:34 -0500

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> `(height HEIGHT)'
>>      This display specification makes the text taller or shorter.
>
> OK, but that's not the same thing as magnifying, which without any
> qualification implies magnifying both height and width.
>
> Taller/shorter is not the same as bigger/smaller.

I guess we can just refer more generally to changing the height and
other characteristics of text.  I've changed it.

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