Re: Any new method to deal with Emacs Fonts settings puzzles nearly every Chinese emacser？

[Po Lu]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> How would you know that the value 2 is the one to use?
>
> This kind of solution sounds like a terrible kludge to me.  It is also
> unreliable, because the font designers didn't promise us the padding
> value will not have to change when more characters are added.  And the
> value depends on the ASCII font being used as well, not just the CJK
> font, so even the syntax of the spec is incomplete (it doesn't mention
> the ASCII font).

> Would someone please investigate how do other GUI editors solve this
> problem, and post a summary?  I'm sure there are better solutions than
> asking users to provide pixel values for each pair of fonts.

>From a quick investigation (not at all conclusive) of GNOME Builder, it
seems to define some fixed height for its various 'bars', which doesn't
change based on the characters inside.

Other GUI editors behave similarly.  But I have no significant
experience with them to speak of.

Thanks.