XQuartz to 25.3.1 netbsd-8.0; emacsclient new frame height has 3-line default

XQuartz to 25.3.1 netbsd-8.0; emacsclient new frame height has 3-line default

[Van L]

Hello,

I’d like to have the emacsclient new frame to have height 24 or 40.

Whatever I have that is setting the default gives 3.

This is the script I use after `ssh -Y’ to target host.

┌────
│ 1  #!/bin/sh
│ 2  emacsclient --eval "(make-frame-on-display \"$DISPLAY\" '((height . 24)))"
└────

I’ve tried `emacs*geometry: 80x24’ in .Xresources but that has no effect.

`xterm*cursorColor: red’ works.

Any idea?

Re: XQuartz to 25.3.1 netbsd-8.0; emacsclient new frame height has 3-line default

[HASM]

Van L <van@scratch.space> writes:

> I’d like to have the emacsclient new frame to have height 24 or 40.
> This is the script I use after `ssh -Y’ to target host.

> #!/bin/sh
> emacsclient --eval "(make-frame-on-display \"$DISPLAY\" '((height . 24)))"

I have a small variation on this, though for local, not over ssh, and
I'm on emacs 26.1.

Try something like:

  emacsclient -n -c -F "((user-position.t)(height.24))"

You may need to add "-d $DISPLAY" though emacsclient should honor the
DISPLAY environment variable.

You may also add (width.XX) to the -F parameter alist, if you don't like
the default.

-- HASM

Re: XQuartz to 25.3.1 netbsd-8.0; emacsclient new frame height has 3-line default

[Van L]

> Try something like:
> 
>  emacsclient -n -c -F "((user-position.t)(height.24))"

The following creates the frame at 24 height as a uniformed color white rectangle, but shrinks to 3 line height then fills in the details for the window’s buffer.

┌────
│ #!/bin/sh
│ emacsclient --eval "(make-frame-on-display \"$DISPLAY\" '((user-position . t) (height . 24)))"
└────

The following behaves similarly.

┌────
│ #!/bin/sh
│ emacsclient --create-frame --alternate-editor=emacs
└────

I call the above scripts as follows. The problem seems peculiar to 25.3.1-netbsd and x11-forwarding.

┌────
│ #!/bin/sh
│ ssh -Y fred.flintstone opt/bin/newframe &
└────

Re: XQuartz to 25.3.1 netbsd-8.0; emacsclient new frame height has 3-line default

[Van L]

> I’d like to have the emacsclient new frame to have height 24 or 40.
> 
> Whatever I have that is setting the default gives 3.

The needed setting is,

  Customize Group: Windows
  Window Min Height: 24

the received value was 4.