From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 33921@debbugs.gnu.org, triska@metalevel.at
Subject: bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:49:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sgnxh94v.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:25:58 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:57:47 +0100
>> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
>>
>> > 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".
I've now made this change.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-30 9:57 bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented Markus Triska
2018-12-30 14:57 ` martin rudalics
2018-12-30 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-30 17:47 ` martin rudalics
2018-12-30 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-30 19:01 ` martin rudalics
2019-10-12 22:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2018-12-30 18:43 ` Markus Triska
2018-12-30 19:00 ` martin rudalics
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