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(Line Height): Further clarify.

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@ -1533,23 +1533,26 @@ or by adding additional vertical space below one or all lines.
A newline can have a @code{line-height} text or overlay property
that controls the total height of the display line ending in that
newline. If the property value is zero, the displayed height of the
line is exactly what its contents need; no line-spacing is added.
line is exactly what its contents demand; no line-spacing is added.
This case is useful for tiling small images or image slices without
adding blank areas between the images.
If the property value is not zero, it specifies a desired height,
@var{line-height}. There are several ways it can do this:
If the property value is not zero, it is a height spec. A height
spec stands for a numeric height value; this heigh spec specifies the
actual line height, @var{line-height}. There are several ways to
write a height spec; here's how each of them translates into a numeric
height:
@table @code
@item @var{integer}
If the property is a positive integer, @var{line-height} is that integer.
If the height spec is a positive integer, the height value is that integer.
@item @var{float}
If the property is a float, @var{float}, @var{line-height} is @var{float}
times the frame's default line height.
If the height spec is a float, @var{float}, the numeric height value
is @var{float} times the frame's default line height.
@item (@var{ratio} . @var{face})
If the property is a cons of the format shown, @var{line-height} is
@var{ratio} times the height of face @var{face}. @var{ratio} can be
any type of number. If @var{face} is @code{t}, it refers to the
If the height spec is a cons of the format shown, the numeric height
is @var{ratio} times the height of face @var{face}. @var{ratio} can
be any type of number. If @var{face} is @code{t}, it refers to the
current face.
@end table
@ -1561,6 +1564,8 @@ the line to achieve the total height @var{line-height}. Otherwise,
If you don't specify the @code{line-height} propery, the line's
height consists of the contents' height plus the line spacing.
There are several ways to specify the line spacing for different
parts of Emacs text.
@vindex default-line-spacing
You can specify the line spacing for all lines in a frame with the
@ -1584,24 +1589,23 @@ property that controls the height of the display line ending with that
newline. The property value overrides the default frame line spacing
and the buffer local @code{line-spacing} variable.
One way or another, these mechanisms specify a line spacing for each
line. Let's call the value @var{line-spacing}.
One way or another, these mechanisms specify a Lisp value for the
spacing of each line. The value is a height spec, and it translates
into a Lisp value as described above. However, in this case the
numeric height value specifies the line spacing, rather than the line
height.
If the @var{line-spacing} value is a positive integer, it specifies
the number of pixels of additional vertical space. This space appears
below the display line contents.
There is one exception, however: if the @var{line-spacing} value is
a cons @code{(total . @var{spacing})}, then @var{spacing} itself is
treated as a heigh spec, and specifies the total displayed height of
the line, so the line spacing equals the specified amount minus the
line height. This differs from using the @code{line-height} property
because it adds space at the bottom of the line instead of the top.
If the @var{line-spacing} value is a floating point number or cons,
the additional vertical space is @var{line-spacing} times the frame
default line height.
@ignore @c I think we may want to delete this, so don't document it -- rms.
If the @var{line-spacing} value is a cons @code{(total . @var{spacing})}
where @var{spacing} is any of the forms described above, the value of
@var{spacing} specifies the total displayed height of the line,
regardless of the height of the characters in it. This is equivalent
to using the @code{line-height} property.
@end ignore
If you specify both @code{line-spacing} using @code{total} and
@code{line-height}, they are not redundant. First @code{line-height}
goes to work, adding space above the line contents. Then
@code{line-spacing} goes to work, adding space below the contents.
@node Faces
@section Faces