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authorMatthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>2021-08-08 12:33:26 -0400
committerMatthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>2021-08-08 12:34:52 -0400
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docs: Some clarifications
Add some more detail around baseline-to-baseline distances.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pango/pango-layout.c b/pango/pango-layout.c
index ae0bc330..b39ca62b 100644
--- a/pango/pango-layout.c
+++ b/pango/pango-layout.c
@@ -5286,8 +5286,13 @@ pango_layout_line_get_extents (PangoLayoutLine *line,
* @line: a `PangoLayoutLine`
* @height: (out) (optional): return location for the line height
*
- * Computes the height of the line, i.e. the distance between
- * this and the previous lines baseline.
+ * Computes the height of the line, as the maximum of the heights
+ * of fonts used in this line.
+ *
+ * Note that the actual baseline-to-baseline distance between lines
+ * of text is influenced by other factors, such as
+ * [method@Pango.Layout.set_spacing] and
+ * [method@Pango.Layout.set_line_spacing].
*
* Since: 1.44
*/