From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20833: Windows - Window Sizing/Location Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:56:15 +0300 Message-ID: <83616mmfyo.fsf@gnu.org> References: <55811D31.2090207@gmx.at> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1434560249 18079 80.91.229.3 (17 Jun 2015 16:57:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:57:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20833@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ben Blamey Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 17 18:57:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1Z5GeF-0001Da-VQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:57:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48169 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5GeF-00081q-CN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60500) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5GeA-0007yu-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Ge6-0004Rz-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37684) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Ge6-0004Ro-NV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Ge6-0001ie-9E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20833 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20833-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20833.14345601966573 (code B ref 20833); Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20833) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jun 2015 16:56:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49881 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Gdf-0001hw-QB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:48828) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Gdd-0001hk-Ra for 20833@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:56:34 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NQ300B00LORF200@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 20833@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:56:27 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NQ300BASLQ06P80@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:56:25 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:104042 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:15:13 +0300 > From: Ben Blamey > Cc: 20833@debbugs.gnu.org > > I would (politely) argue that the software is "broken" in the default state for > the Windows platform. Having the frame size an integral multiple of characters has its advantages and disadvantages. The option mentioned by Martin was introduced only in the recent Emacs versions, so its default value just reflects what Emacs has been doing since day one. We try not to change the defaults, unless they are clearly wrong.