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Follow-up to the second deferred P2 finding in #616.

GNU pos_visible_p evaluates and measures the mode/header/tab lines on every
pos-visible-in-window-p / posn-at-point query, then walks the body under the
measured text-area partition (src/xdisp.c:1732-1770, 28216-28399). The
retained-row shortcut and the previous fallback both used stale chrome metrics.

Changes:

• add WindowPositionPublication::SynchronousQueryPosition; Position-scope
  queries now select WindowChromeRowSource::Recompute, while window-end /
  vertical-motion style queries keep PreserveReservedMetrics;
• a measured-height mismatch drives the existing WindowChrome relayout; the
  retry reuses the measured metrics, so each chrome format is evaluated once
  per query (GNU evaluates once before the body walk);
• Position queries bypass the geometry query cache, whose entries carry the
  text-area partition from their own point;
• measure chrome even when the retained partition leaves no body, so a
  shrinking header/mode line can restore body space;
• do not turn a nested position query made by a chrome :eval into a
  LayoutBusy error: track active chrome formatting with an RAII scope and
  fall back to accepted geometry while it is running;
• require no chrome line to be present (GNU window_wants_*) before reusing
  retained rows after a point-only move.

Regression coverage uses the real LayoutEngine, not mocked query bounds:

• point-dependent header and mode-line heights update the measured row, the
  published region, the body origin/height, and flip the former bottom row to
  invisible;
• a retained chrome partition that consumes the whole body is remeasured and
  the body returns;
• nested posn-at-point calls from a chrome formatter do not recurse or signal;
• viewport/window-end queries still do not evaluate point-dependent chrome.

Validation (rebased onto upstream/main at 689ff8c2a5):

• cargo nextest run -p neomacs-layout-engine --lib -E 'test(query) | test(posn) | test(chrome) | test(cache) | test(mode_line)': 286 passed
• cargo nextest run -p neovm-core --lib -E 'test(emacs_core::xdisp) | test(emacs_core::xfaces)': 533 passed
• cargo check -p neomacs-display-runtime --lib

This is independent of #619; both touch retained_rows_answer_for_live_window,
so whichever lands second needs a one-line rebase that keeps both checks.

Known limit: pos-visible-in-window-p with POS=t still uses the existing
Viewport-query policy; explicit POS and posn-at-point are covered.

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Walkthrough

Position queries now bypass cached observations and can remeasure point-dependent window chrome. The layout engine carries measured chrome across relayout attempts, including when retained chrome leaves no body area. Retained-row reuse checks chrome presence, and nested position queries during mode-line display return unavailable.

Changes: Position-query chrome measurement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Position-query admission and display scope crates/neovm-core/src/emacs_core/display/xdisp/*, crates/neovm-core/src/window/display.rs	Retained-row reuse now checks whether mode-line, header-line, or tab-line chrome is present. Mode-line formatting tracks its active display scope, and a nested position query returns unavailable while that scope is active. Tests cover reuse and re-query behavior.
Position-query render and measurement support crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_attempt.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/render_plan.rs, crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/buffer_source/window_render.rs	Position queries use a publication mode that remeasures chrome without publishing window starts or ends. Render requests carry the remeasurement flag, and empty-body attempts can return measured chrome metrics.
Canonical query walk and relayout handling crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/engine.rs	Position queries bypass cached observations and use the canonical layout walk. The engine tracks measured windows across relayout attempts and requests relayout when empty-body chrome measurements differ from assumed metrics.
Position-query behavior tests crates/neomacs-layout-engine/src/engine/tests/*	Tests cover point-dependent header and mode-line heights, recovery from an empty body, nested chrome queries, source-row horizons, and position-query caching.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PositionQuery
  participant LayoutEngine
  participant BufferWindowRenderRequest
  participant ChromeFormatter
  PositionQuery->>LayoutEngine: Run position layout query
  LayoutEngine->>BufferWindowRenderRequest: Request chrome remeasurement
  BufferWindowRenderRequest->>ChromeFormatter: Evaluate chrome
  ChromeFormatter-->>LayoutEngine: Return measured chrome metrics
  LayoutEngine->>LayoutEngine: Relayout if measured metrics differ

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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review d5632

The previously reported chrome-exit failure is fixed. The remaining suggestion strengthens regression coverage and does not block merging.

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Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 26.09% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: remeasuring chrome for position queries.
Description check		The description is directly related to the changeset and explains the position-query behavior, chrome remeasurement, cache handling, nested-query behavior, tests, and validation.
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Assert the nested query result.

The nested posn-at-point call can return nil when the active query reports Unavailable, but the formatter ignores that value. The test can therefore pass without checking the accepted-geometry fallback.

Suggested fix

                    chrome-query-returned nil
+                   chrome-query-result nil
                    header-line-format '(:eval (progn
-                     (posn-at-point 1)
+                     (setq chrome-query-result (posn-at-point 1))
                      (setq chrome-query-returned t)
                      "header")))",
...
        assert_eq!(
            eval.variable_value_by_name("chrome-query-returned"),
            Some(Value::T)
        );
+       if outer_is_query {
+           assert!(
+               eval.variable_value_by_name("chrome-query-result")
+                   .is_some_and(|value| !value.is_nil()),
+               "nested position query must return accepted geometry"
+           );
+       }

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Thank you for fixing live chrome measurement and covering empty-body recovery, nested position queries, and query-cache publication.

Rebased onto the merged #619 while preserving its frame-aware line-number face check together with the chrome check. After generating the worktree's missing cl-loaddefs.el runtime file, cargo nextest passes all 536 core xdisp/xfaces tests and 296 layout query/chrome/cache tests. The conflict resolution and whitespace/format checks are clean.

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Thank you for fixing live chrome measurement and covering empty-body recovery, nested position queries, and query-cache publication.

Rebased onto the merged #619 while preserving its frame-aware line-number face check together with the chrome check. After generating the worktree's missing cl-loaddefs.el runtime file, cargo nextest passes all 536 core xdisp/xfaces tests and 296 layout query/chrome/cache tests. The conflict resolution and whitespace/format checks are clean.