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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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, 13 Oct 2019 00:49:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sgnxh94v.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zhsn3uk9.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:25:58 +0200")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> 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".

I've now made this change.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-12 22:49 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
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 [this message]
2018-12-30 18:43   ` Markus Triska
2018-12-30 19:00     ` martin rudalics

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