Frame Height Different for Default Frame and Additional Frames

Frame Height Different for Default Frame and Additional Frames

[Rocco Pigneri]

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To whom this may concern:

 

The size of the first frame created by an Emacs 22.1 instance and the
subsequent frames created by that instance differ on Windows.  The first
frame is exactly three lines shorter than all subsequent frames.

 

Steps to reproduce:

 

1. Put the following line in your .emacs file:

 

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 57))

 

2. Start a new instance of Emacs.  Note the height of the frame.

 

3. Press C-x 5 2 to create a new frame.  You will notice that this new frame
is three lines longer than the old one.

 

Thank you,

 

Rocco Pigneri


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Re: Frame Height Different for Default Frame and Additional Frames

[martin rudalics]

 > 1. Put the following line in your .emacs file:
 >
 > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 57))
 >
 > 2. Start a new instance of Emacs.  Note the height of the frame.
 >
 > 3. Press C-x 5 2 to create a new frame.  You will notice that this new frame
 > is three lines longer than the old one.

FWIW, the behavior you describe violates the according description in
the Elisp manual:

  -- Variable: default-frame-alist
      This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for
      all Emacs frames--the first frame, and subsequent frames.  When ...

You should get the desired behavior by setting

(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(height . 57))

in your .emacs.  Nevertheless, I'd count this problematic.  Eli, can
this be fixed or should we add something to ~/etc/PROBLEMS ?