Re: redisplay system of emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:03:47 +0900
> Cc: David Kastrup <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> Emacs, which doesn't maintain a separate "layed-out-document" data
> structure at all

Actually, I think it does: that's the "glyph matrices", which are a
structured description of what should be drawn.  The display-specific
back end then actually draws the glyphs according to what the glyph
matrix tells it.

Not sure if it's relevant or important for this discussion, though.