bug#38146: 26.1; set-frame-width sometimes does not work on OSX

bug#38146: 26.1; set-frame-width sometimes does not work on OSX

[Markus Triska]

When I do:

    $ emacs -Q -l frame.el

where frame.el consists of the forms:

    (defface item-frame
      '((((class color))
         (:family "DejaVu Sans Mono"
          :height 151)))
      "Face for frame to demonstrate the issue.")

    (progn
      (set-frame-font (face-font 'item-frame))
      (set-frame-width nil 102)
      (set-frame-position nil
                          (/ (- (display-pixel-width) (frame-pixel-width)) 2)
                          (cdr (frame-position))))

and then, in the resulting Emacs instance, do:

    M-: (frame-width) RET

I get: 80.

However, the expected result is 102, because the form
(set-frame-width nil 102) above sets the frame width to 102.

I get the expected value of 102 if I remove the call to
set-frame-position. This is unexpected, because whether
set-frame-position is called should not influence the frame width.

When I evaluate the form (set-frame-width nil 102) in the resulting
Emacs instance, the frame width is set to 102 as expected.

Thank you for looking into this!

All the best,
Markus


In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin15.3.0, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
 of 2018-09-22 built on mt-mb
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bug#38146: 26.1; set-frame-width sometimes does not work on OSX

[martin rudalics]

 > When I do:
 >
 >      $ emacs -Q -l frame.el
 >
 > where frame.el consists of the forms:
 >
 >      (defface item-frame
 >        '((((class color))
 >           (:family "DejaVu Sans Mono"
 >            :height 151)))
 >        "Face for frame to demonstrate the issue.")
 >
 >      (progn
 >        (set-frame-font (face-font 'item-frame))
 >        (set-frame-width nil 102)
 >        (set-frame-position nil
 >                            (/ (- (display-pixel-width) (frame-pixel-width)) 2)
 >                            (cdr (frame-position))))
 >
 > and then, in the resulting Emacs instance, do:
 >
 >      M-: (frame-width) RET
 >
 > I get: 80.
 >
 > However, the expected result is 102, because the form
 > (set-frame-width nil 102) above sets the frame width to 102.
 >
 > I get the expected value of 102 if I remove the call to
 > set-frame-position. This is unexpected, because whether
 > set-frame-position is called should not influence the frame width.
 >
 > When I evaluate the form (set-frame-width nil 102) in the resulting
 > Emacs instance, the frame width is set to 102 as expected.

Here I get 102, for example with a GNUstep build on Debian.  The
behavior you see is OS and window manager dependent.  Sometimes
setting all desired values in one 'modify-frame-parameters' call
helps.

martin

bug#38146: 26.1; set-frame-width sometimes does not work on OSX

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:

> Here I get 102, for example with a GNUstep build on Debian.  The
> behavior you see is OS and window manager dependent.  Sometimes
> setting all desired values in one 'modify-frame-parameters' call
> helps.

I guess there's nothing to fix here?  So I'm closing this bug report.
If there's something here that needs work, please respond to the debbugs
address and we'll reopen.

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