From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Default Window Size Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <12cab9a4-e76a-494f-8ed1-693afcc34148@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468001653 12553 80.91.229.3 (8 Jul 2016 18:14:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:14:13 +0000 (UTC) To: Sky Nerd , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 08 20:14:01 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bLaHn-0006na-WA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:14:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLaHn-000283-8j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLaH3-00026R-Hw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLaGz-0000ay-Fy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:13:13 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:23341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLaGz-0000as-7F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u68ID7Cx003572 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:13:07 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u68ID68F029034 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:13:06 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u68ID5sv021566; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:13:06 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:110737 Archived-At: > I'm a beginner at Emacs in general and installed GNU Emacs for windows no= t > too long ago. Whenever I start Emacs, the window is in a really weird > position: the bottom part is always cut off at the bottom of the screen. Consider reporting that as an Emacs bug. In particular, it means that the minibuffer (where you can enter commands) is likely cut off from view. To report the bug: `M-x report-emacs-bug'. > I cannot find a way to adjust the default window size. Resizing the windo= w > "manually" usually fixes this problem with other Windows programs, but no= t > Emacs. Customize option `default-frame-alist', using `M-x customize-option'. You can specify the height you want for the frame (a "frame" is what Emacs calls a window-manager window), using parameter `height': include an entry such as this in the alist value: (height . 30). In Customize, you click button `INS' to insert an alist entry, and then enter "height" (without quotes) as the Parameter and, say, "30" (without quotes) as the Value. If that doesn't take care of it, you can also customize option `initial-frame-alist'. There is also `window-system-default-frame-alist', but you probably need only to customize `default-frame-alist'. > Can someone give me simple instructions on how to change the default > window size? Even starting the program maximized as a default would > be a great help. You can start Emacs with the frame maximized just by using switch "-mm" on the command line: emacs -mm. You can then toggle maximizing using key `M-'. See the Emacs manual, node `Window Size X'.