From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:49:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87sgnxh94v.fsf@gnus.org> References: <877efrxrpe.fsf@metalevel.at> <5C28DCEB.909@gmx.at> <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="105502"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 33921@debbugs.gnu.org, triska@metalevel.at To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 13 00:50:20 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQDE-000R7r-KB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:50:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36408 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQDD-0001V1-F7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42200) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQD6-0001Ui-4H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:50:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQD4-0006dB-VW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53850) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQD4-0006d6-SH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQD4-0004kb-Mb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:50:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:50:02 +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: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 33921-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33921.157092058418215 (code B ref 33921); Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33921) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Oct 2019 22:49:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34435 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQCm-0004jj-IC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:49:44 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:41914) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQCk-0004jU-00 for 33921@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:49:43 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJQCf-0000zL-8W; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:49:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:25:58 +0200") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:169072 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> 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". I've now made this change. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no