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Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r103444: * lisp/facemenu.el (list
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r103444: * lisp/facemenu.el (list-colors-display): Use with-help-window (Bug#8048). |
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Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:43:16 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:09:33 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <address@hidden>
> CC: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden,
> address@hidden
>
> > Would it help to have a primitive that returns the width in pixels
> > that a given buffer substring would take on the screen?
>
> Not really.
Why not? Especially since you go one explaining why it _would_ be
helpful ;-)
> But in general, a primitive that returned the displayed pixel
> height/width of a substring of any buffer line for some given window
> would be great.
What's a window got to do with this? How can a window affect display
of a buffer substring?
> Actually, it would be nice if redisplay could cache these values on
> demand for each line it (virtually) displayed.
What for?