GNU bug report logs - #7816
24.0.50; (elisp) Display Property

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Message #11 received at 7816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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