>Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:52:00 +0100 >From: "Jan D." >Subject: Re: bug#5308: 23.1.91; Geometry quirk on OpenSuSE 11.2 > I think your figure 2 is a proper bug. The rest is probably > interactions with the window manager. I'll have to install your > versions and check. It may take a while. Thanks, Jan. If there's anything I can do to assist, please let me know. Steve > On 2010-01-13 02:44, Steve Revilak wrote: >> Jan, >> >> Thanks for responding. I'm sorry that you didn't get much useful >> information from my initial report. Please let me try again, and I >> will make an effort to be clearer this time. >> >> First, I'd like to provide you with some system information. >> >> >> Operating System: >> >> (1:0)srevilak:~$ cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 11.2 (i586) >> VERSION = 11.2 >> (0:0)srevilak:~$ uname -a >> Linux srevilak 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 >> +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> >> >> Window Manager: >> >> (0:0)srevilak:~$ kde4-config --version >> Qt: 4.5.3 >> KDE: 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1) "release 6" >> kde4-config: 1.0 >> >> >> Contents of .Xresources (a single line, containing a comment): >> >> (0:0)srevilak:~$ cat .Xresources >> ! .Xresources >> >> >> Contents of .emacs (a single line, containing a comment): >> >> (0:0)srevilak:~$ cat .emacs >> ; .emacs >> >> Finally, to be sure that ~/.Xresources agrees with our current >> environment. >> >> (0:0)srevilak:~$ xrdb .Xresources >> >> >> >> First, I will start emacs with the command line >> >> /usr/local/emacs-23.1.91/bin/emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file >> -geometry 86x44-0+0 >> figure-1.png shows a snapshot of my screen after starting emacs. As >> you can see, emacs occupies most of the vertical space on the screen. >> >> Next, I will quit emacs, then run the following command line >> >> /usr/local/emacs-23.1.91/bin/emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file >> -geometry 86x45-0+0 >> >> Notice that I have increased the height from 44 to 45, which is just a >> little too large to fit on the screen; the rest of the command line is >> unchanged. The result of this appears in figure-2.png. >> >> Observe that figure-1.png and figure-2.png are quite different. >> >> >> As you noted before, this could be the Window Manager's doing. For my >> third (and final) snapshot, I would like to provide evidence which >> suggests that it is not the window manager. >> >> /usr/bin/emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file -geometry 86x45-0+0 >> >> Above, /usr/bin/emacs is emacs 23.1.1, as packaged with OpenSUSE 11.2 >> (you'll see this from emacs' splash screen). The result of running >> this command appears in figure-3.png. As you can see, figure-3.png >> resembles figure-1.png much more than figure-2.png. >> >> >> The difference between figure-2.png and figure-3.png is the core of my >> issue. Specifically, >> >> * When Emacs-23.1.1 is confronted with a geometry that is too large >> for the height of the screen, then emacs-23.1.1 respects the >> geometry as best as it can. In figure-3.png, we see that >> Emacs-23.1.1 took up as much of the vertical screen space as was >> possible. >> >> * When Emacs-23.1.91 is confronted with a geometry that is too large >> for the height of the screen, then emacs-23.1.91 does not try to >> respect the geometry as best as it can. As you can see from >> figure-2.png, emacs-23.1.91 opted for a much smaller height. (In >> figure-2.png, you can also see a very different appearance in the >> splash screen itself.) >> >> In summary, I believe that the behavior shown in figure-3.png (produced by >> emacs-23.1.1) is more correct than the behavior shown in figure-2.png >> (produced by emacs-23.1.91). >> >> Please let me know if you'd like me to provide any additional details. >> >> Steve Revilak >