(@pxref{Scroll Bars}), and display margins (@pxref{Display Margins}) are
described in the corresponding sections.
+If your Lisp program needs to make layout decisions, you will find the
+following function useful:
+
+@defun window-max-chars-per-line &optional window face
+This function returns the number of characters displayed in the
+specified @var{face} in the specified @var{window} (which must be a
+live window). If @var{face} was remapped (@pxref{Face Remapping}),
+the information is returned for the remapped face. If omitted or
+@code{nil}, @var{face} defaults to the default face, and @var{window}
+defaults to the selected window. Unlike @code{window-body-width},
+this function accounts for the actual size of the @var{face}'s font,
+instead of working in units of frame's canonical character width. It
+also accounts for space used by the continuation glyph, if
+@var{window} lacks one or both of its fringes.
+@end defun
+
@cindex fixed-size window
@vindex window-min-height
@vindex window-min-width
hiding character but the default `.' can be used by let-binding the
variable `read-hide-char'.
-** A new function `window-max-chars-per-line' returns the maximal
-number of characters that can be displayed on one line. If a face
-and/or window are provided, these values are used for the
-calculation. This function is different from `window-body-width' in
-that it accounts for (i) continuation glyphs, (ii) the size of the
-font, and (iii) the specified window.
-
** New possible value for `system-type': nacl.
** Emacs can now load shared/dynamic libraries (modules).
characters, which can be used for geometry-related calculations.
+++
-**** A new function `default-font-width' returns the average width of a
+*** A new function `default-font-width' returns the average width of a
character in the current buffer's default font. If the default face
is remapped (see `face-remapping-alist'), the value for the remapped
face is returned. This function complements the existing function
`default-font-height'.
+++
-***** New functions `window-font-height' and `window-font-width' return
+*** New functions `window-font-height' and `window-font-width' return
the height and average width of characters in a specified face and
window. If FACE is remapped (see `face-remapping-alist'), the
function returns the information for the remapped face.
++++
+*** A new function `window-max-chars-per-line' returns the maximal
+number of characters that can be displayed on one line. If a face
+and/or window are provided, these values are used for the
+calculation. This function is different from `window-body-width' in
+that it accounts for (i) continuation glyphs, (ii) the size of the
+font, and (iii) the specified window.
+
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** New utilities in subr-x.el:
*** New macros `if-let' and `when-let' allow defining bindings and to