From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Problem with new frame not recognizing `default-frame-alist' width and height Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:56:06 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zfvmbnzi.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25382"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:gEkZRqWsi6AOeI3aTw+fYBangsQ= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 27 04:57:01 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1reoaS-0006TV-C7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:57:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reoZl-00023g-4z; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reoZk-00023V-EF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reoZi-0001oF-Jl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1reoZf-0005SM-FK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:56:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145992 Archived-At: > 1. Start Emacs from a shell prompt, with all customization turned off: > > $ emacs -Q > > 2. Create a new frame using ‘make-frame-command’: Type C-x 5 2 > > The new frame only has about 8 lines and about 20 columns. > Delete the frame using ‘delete-frame’: Type C-x 5 0 That is weird. IIRC it's supposed to be 40 lines of 80 columns. I suggest `M-x report-emacs-bug`. > 4. Set the width and height to larger values by setting the value of > the association list ‘default-frame-alist’. Evaluate the > expression: > > (setq default-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 25))) You might need to add `(user-size . t)` to those settings. But maybe the real problem is at step 2 and prevents everything else from working. Stefan