From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Window too big Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:06:11 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447121421 17600 80.91.229.3 (10 Nov 2015 02:10:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 02:10:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 03:10:20 2015 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 1ZvyO2-000577-Dn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:10:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56930 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZvyO1-0004aU-PB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:10:17 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="48ddaff5c9d3fd7512a0d6243d6519a4"; logging-data="22856"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+FST9mzZfbR0DzGKBOVatQd4OUzCNiZSs=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aee4Lgy6r4yv+br0isaEs/uc0EQ= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:215730 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108016 Archived-At: Hendrik Boom writes: > When I start emacs from the menu in xcfe, it always is slightly taller > than my screen. I have to mouse around and make it smaller before it is > usable. Is there something I can put, say, in my ~/.emacs file to change > how tall it is? Changing the initial frame size from your .emacs is not recommended. You'll end up with the window first being mapped at one size, and then changing as you watch emacs start. The recommended way is to use XResources like this: emacs.geometry: 81x56 Experiment with the last number to get the right height. Notice that the geometry is stated in character units. You put XResources in a file like ~/.Xdefaults. Use xrdb to test your changes. -- Dan Espen