From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: 33921@debbugs.gnu.org, triska@metalevel.at
Subject: bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:25:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5C28DCEB.909@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:57:47 +0100)
> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:57:47 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
>
> > In the Emacs man page, we find for the "-g" (--geometry) option:
> >
> > The width and height are specified in characters; the default is
> > 80 by 24.
>
> This must be a very old entry.
>
> > In the Emacs info page ("C.8 Options for Window Size and Position"), we
> > find a different default height:
> >
> > The default frame width is 80 characters and the default height is
> > 40 lines.
>
> The default height was changed from 40 to 35 by Chong and from 35 to
> 36 by Eli. I now updated the value given by the manual of the release
> branch.
I actually think we shouldn't promise any concrete value, and instead
say something vague, like "between 35 and 40, depending on the OS and
the window manager".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-30 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-30 9:57 bug#33921: 27.0.50; Default height is inconsistently - and apparently also incorrectly - documented Markus Triska
2018-12-30 14:57 ` martin rudalics
2018-12-30 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-12-30 17:47 ` martin rudalics
2018-12-30 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-30 19:01 ` martin rudalics
2019-10-12 22:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-12-30 18:43 ` Markus Triska
2018-12-30 19:00 ` martin rudalics
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