Function: ps-avg-char-width

ps-avg-char-width is a byte-compiled function defined in ps-print.el.gz.

Signature

(ps-avg-char-width FONT-SYM)

Documentation

The average width, in points, of a character, for generating PostScript.

This is the value that ps-print uses to determine the length, x-dimension, of the text it has printed, and thus affects the point at which long lines wrap around.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/ps-print.el.gz
(defsubst ps-avg-char-width (font-sym)
  "The average width, in points, of a character, for generating PostScript.
This is the value that ps-print uses to determine the length,
x-dimension, of the text it has printed, and thus affects the point at
which long lines wrap around."
  (get font-sym 'avg-char-width))