From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: -geometry vs. tool-bar-mode Date: 27 Jul 2002 10:46:18 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87sn25evlx.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87znwfo7hh.fsf@jidanni.org> <871y9rwk5i.fsf@lgh163a.kemisten.nu> <87r8hqgouf.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> <87ptxadsy1.fsf@lgh163a.kemisten.nu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027747019 19330 127.0.0.1 (27 Jul 2002 05:16:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:16:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17YJwn-00051f-00 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 07:16:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17YJx9-0000Ot-00; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailbox.ucsd.edu ([132.239.1.53] helo=mailbox1.ucsd.edu) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17YJw0-0000MZ-00 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:16:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de (mail.fu-berlin.de [160.45.11.165]) by mailbox1.ucsd.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6R4QVDn001178 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:26:32 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 06:26:31 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 06:26:31 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: h25.s20.ts32.hinet.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 35 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: h25.s20.ts32.hinet.net (163.32.20.25) X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1027743990 33231613 163.32.20.25 (16 [99749]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2941 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2941 >>>>> "A" == Alfred M Szmidt writes: A> It is you who are being silly in your bug report, you are not being A> very clear. What exactly do you mean? $ emacs --no-site-file -q --eval '(tool-bar-mode 0)' -geometry 10x10 gives me a 10x7 window while $ emacs --no-site-file -q -geometry 10x10 gives me a 10x10 window. Given that the user asked for a 10x10 window, he should be given it. >> By the way, on the man page don't you want to write --geometry etc. instead >> of -geometry, at least judging from the emphasis "--" is given on the >> --help output. Yes, both work (do mention that) but we want to >> promote "--". A> GNU projects don't use man pages as their official source for A> information, --help and the info page is used for this. All I know is I did debian_$ man emacs and it said on there Richard Stallman encourages you to improve and extend Emacs and I thought it also applied to the man pages that came with it. >> Also note --geometry vs tool-bar-mode in the tool-bar-mode docstrings. A> I do not see any such reference in the tool-bar-mode docstring, both A> for the function and variable. Please be more clear. by "note" I meant "please notate", "please add a notation" -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780