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Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc.
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc. |
Date: |
11 Apr 2003 02:08:32 +0200 |
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Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:
> In article <address@hidden>, address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:
> > Alternatively, we could use *_COLS in general as a short precise name
> > when the width is measured in columns (the canonical X unit).
> > Similarly, we could use *_LINES for heights measured in lines (the
> > canonical Y unit).
>
> > If we do that consistently, we could simply use *_WIDTH and *_HEIGHT to
> > mean pixel width and height.
>
> But, as I wrote, Lisp APIs are already using
> ...-width/...-height for columns and lines. Even if we
> implement pixel-base APIs in the future, we can't change the
> current ones, then we'll use ...-pixel-width...-pixel-height
> for the new APIs. In that case, having a different
> convention in C code is not good.
So there is no hope of cleaning up the current mess ?
How can we ever make progress towards removing the column/lines
limitation on frame and window dimensions if we cannot find
a way to clean up the current naming mess?
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kim F. Storm, 2003/04/09
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kenichi Handa, 2003/04/09
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Miles Bader, 2003/04/09
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kim F. Storm, 2003/04/10
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kenichi Handa, 2003/04/10
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc.,
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Miles Bader, 2003/04/10
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kenichi Handa, 2003/04/10
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Richard Stallman, 2003/04/11
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Kenichi Handa, 2003/04/11
- Re: Code cleanup -- inconsistent "width" and "height" etc., Richard Stallman, 2003/04/11