From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:25:58 +0200 Message-ID: <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877efrxrpe.fsf@metalevel.at> <5C28DCEB.909@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1546183512 1088 195.159.176.226 (30 Dec 2018 15:25:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33921@debbugs.gnu.org, triska@metalevel.at To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 16:25:08 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcxg-00009y-AC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 16:25:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45099 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdczm-0004Bw-Sc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:27:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39923) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdczc-0004BZ-0Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:27:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdczW-0001fe-HU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:27:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdczW-0001ep-4p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdczW-0005B5-15 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33921 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33921-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33921.154618358419853 (code B ref 33921); Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33921) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2018 15:26:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42545 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcyt-0005A9-V1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:26:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48979) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcyt-0005A2-2z for 33921@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:26:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcyn-0000QA-O3 for 33921@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:26:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcyn-0000Q3-LF; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:26:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3873 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcyj-0001kB-G4; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:26:15 -0500 In-reply-to: <5C28DCEB.909@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:57:47 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:154024 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:57:47 +0100 > From: martin rudalics > > > In the Emacs man page, we find for the "-g" (--geometry) option: > > > > The width and height are specified in characters; the default is > > 80 by 24. > > This must be a very old entry. > > > In the Emacs info page ("C.8 Options for Window Size and Position"), we > > find a different default height: > > > > The default frame width is 80 characters and the default height is > > 40 lines. > > The default height was changed from 40 to 35 by Chong and from 35 to > 36 by Eli. I now updated the value given by the manual of the release > branch. I actually think we shouldn't promise any concrete value, and instead say something vague, like "between 35 and 40, depending on the OS and the window manager".