2014-09-18 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+ * frame.c (Fmouse_position, Fset_mouse_position): Clarify the
+ units in which the position is measured. (Bug#18493)
+
* xdisp.c (redisplay_internal): Force redisplay of all windows
that show a buffer whose narrowing has changed. (Bug#18490)
DEFUN ("mouse-position", Fmouse_position, Smouse_position, 0, 0, 0,
doc: /* Return a list (FRAME X . Y) giving the current mouse frame and position.
-The position is given in character cells, where (0, 0) is the
-upper-left corner of the frame, X is the horizontal offset, and Y is
-the vertical offset.
+The position is given in canonical character cells, where (0, 0) is the
+upper-left corner of the frame, X is the horizontal offset, and Y is the
+vertical offset, measured in units of the frame's default character size.
If Emacs is running on a mouseless terminal or hasn't been programmed
to read the mouse position, it returns the selected frame for FRAME
and nil for X and Y.
so the coordinates of the top left character in the frame
may be nonzero due to left-hand scroll bars or the menu bar.
-The position is given in character cells, where (0, 0) is the
-upper-left corner of the frame, X is the horizontal offset, and Y is
-the vertical offset.
+The position is given in canonical character cells, where (0, 0) is
+the upper-left corner of the frame, X is the horizontal offset, and
+Y is the vertical offset, measured in units of the frame's default
+character size.
This function is a no-op for an X frame that is not visible.
If you have just created a frame, you must wait for it to become visible