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From: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: 28536@debbugs.gnu.org, Bob Halley <halley@play-bow.org>
Subject: bug#28536: 26.0.60; cannot set frame geometry, plus weirdness
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:12:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170921211241.GA5731@breton.holly.idiocy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m28th8tg4d.fsf@tenpoint.co.nz>

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:01:38AM +1200, Nick Helm wrote:
> 
> Emacs does not set frame geometry parameters correctly:
> 
>   Emacs -Q
> 
>   (frame-parameter nil 'width)  -> 75
>   (frame-parameter nil 'height) -> 35
>   ;this is already odd as default geometry should be 80x36
> 
>   (set-frame-parameter nil 'width 105)
> 
>   (frame-parameter nil 'width)  -> 100 ;width is incorrect
>   (frame-parameter nil 'height) -> 35
> 
> Setting frame width also seems to somehow influence frame height:
> 
>   (set-frame-parameter nil 'width 105)
>   (set-frame-parameter nil 'width 105) 
>   ;set frame width a few more times
>   ;the frame pixel height changes by a fraction of a char each time
> 
>   (frame-parameter nil 'width)  -> 100
>   (frame-parameter nil 'height) -> 34  ;height changed

Apologies all, this was my fault. I misunderstood the discussion in an
old bug report that probably should have been closed as notabug.

I’ve reverted the change now.

Thanks for your reports.
-- 
Alan Third





  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-21 21:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-21 12:01 bug#28536: 26.0.60; cannot set frame geometry, plus weirdness Nick Helm
2017-09-21 21:12 ` Alan Third [this message]
2017-09-22 16:06   ` Nick Helm

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