X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2FMetricsInfo.h;h=7fe72405bfd72fc5bd585e24b47bb96473bff925;hb=1e519d1115f41f71c253cb9e2fbb7803e9a583a9;hp=ff0b1c698941faeec9e2add2b2f2f3dc408c4f93;hpb=3d590d3bd71a3522d525ce71220e99bd25b6a648;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/src/MetricsInfo.h b/src/MetricsInfo.h
index ff0b1c6989..7fe72405bf 100644
--- a/src/MetricsInfo.h
+++ b/src/MetricsInfo.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace lyx {
 
 namespace frontend { class Painter; }
 class BufferView;
+class Length;
 class MacroContext;
 
 
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ public:
 	int solidLineOffset() const { return solid_line_offset_; }
 	///
 	int dottedLineThickness() const { return dotted_line_thickness_; }
+	/** return the on-screen size of this length
+	 *
+	 *  This version of the function uses the current inset width as
+	 *  width and the EM value of the current font.
+	 */
+	int inPixels(Length const & len) const;
+
 private:
 	int solid_line_thickness_;
 	int solid_line_offset_;
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ public:
 	MetricsBase base;
 	///
 	frontend::Painter & pain;
-	/// Whether the text at this point is right-to-left (for InsetNewline)
+	/// Whether the text at this point is right-to-left (for insets)
 	bool ltr_pos;
 	/// The change the parent is part of (change tracking)
 	Change change_;