From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs fullscreen and sizes in frame parameters Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:52:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87ppvvwac7.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <87txl8dzsm.fsf@engster.org> <83d2rwrokg.fsf@gnu.org> <87ppvveq6o.fsf@engster.org> <87mwqzsq47.fsf@engster.org> <87bo7fsjuv.fsf@engster.org> <2B4B8654-6ED8-4A9A-90B3-49E8A683C39A@mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370792971 27959 80.91.229.3 (9 Jun 2013 15:49:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Engster , "emacs-devel@gnu.org Development" To: chad Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 09 17:49:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Ulhs2-0005Rv-2z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:49:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47140 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ulhs1-0005FK-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:49:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46261) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ulhrw-0005EI-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:49:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ulhrv-0003H5-LI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:49:24 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp205.alice.it ([82.57.200.101]:36694) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ulhrv-0003Gq-Ax for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:49:23 -0400 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (62.211.148.158) by smtp205.alice.it (8.6.060.15) id 5199D69A0512FFC3; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:49:15 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ulhua-00059i-Pg; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:52:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <2B4B8654-6ED8-4A9A-90B3-49E8A683C39A@mit.edu> (chad's message of "Sun, 9 Jun 2013 05:47:26 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.101 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:160287 Archived-At: () chad () Sun, 9 Jun 2013 05:47:26 -0700 On 09 Jun 2013, at 02:40, David Engster wrote: > And yes, I'm working on X11. So I'm now back at how to choose the right > font for a real fullscreen frame. I guess "5x8" should be OK for almost > all common resolutions, but I can't be sure. So the question remains if > I can somehow fake this... The optimum would be a fake font with 1 pixel > height. :-) You might see if modern X11 systems still recognize the font `nil2'. a righteous font once spoke to me thus: "make me your default, i'll give you no fuss!" spake did i the incantations, "make" did try the instantiations, result? eye-torture and mouth filled w/ cuss. thi