Re: X window display bug?

[Bo Lin <lbsmtp@gmail.com>]

Hi Jan,

Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:

> Hmm, can you try to recompile your Emacs with just -g (i.e. no -O)?

Yes, this is Emacs 23.0.60.2 (as of Dec 19) compiled with CFLAGS='-g',
no -O

 -Bo

>
> 	Jan D.
>
>
> Bo Lin skrev:
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:
>>> There must be more to it, for example, why are your margins so big?  Can you
>>> check /etc/X11/app-defaults (or /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults) if there is any
>>> Emacs or EMacs file in there?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> Also do
>>> % xrdb -query |grep -i emacs
>>
>> $ xrdb -query | grep -i emacs
>> Emacs*Background:	#ffffff
>> Emacs*Dialog*background:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*Dialog*foreground:	#000000
>> Emacs*Foreground:	#000000
>> Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Foreground:	#000000
>> Emacs*backgroundToolBarColor:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*bottomToolBarShadowColor:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*menubar*background:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*menubar*foreground:	#000000
>> Emacs*popup*Background:	#cccccc
>> Emacs*popup*Foreground:	#000000
>> Emacs*topToolBarShadowColor:	#cccccc
>> Emacs.Font:	fontset-big
>> Emacs.Fontset-0:	-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-big,ascii:-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, chinese-gb2312:-*-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-gb2312.1980-*
>> Emacs.Fontset-1:	-*-*-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-medium,ascii:-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, chinese-gb2312:-*-*-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-gb2312.1980-*
>> Emacs.Fontset-2:	-*-*-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-xming,ascii:-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, chinese-gb2312:-*-*-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-gb2312.1980-*
>> Emacs.default.attributeBackground:	#ffffff
>> Emacs.default.attributeForeground:	#000000
>> Emacs.mode-line.attributeForeground:	#000000
>> Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeBackground:	#cccccc
>> Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeForeground:	#000000
>> Emacs.tool-bar.attributeBackground:	#cccccc
>> Emacs.tool-bar.attributeForeground:	#000000
>>
>> But then I did
>>
>> $ xrdb -remove
>>
>> and retried emacs, the problem still persists. I use Emacs 22 for my
>> daily tasks with no problems on the same system, btw.
>>
>> Also I think that the big margin is just a symptom and not the cause. As
>> I mentioned in my previous mails, Emacs won't allow me to
>> 'split-window-horizontally' because 'window-width' thinks my window is
>> only 11 columns wide, while in fact my window is much wider than 11. And
>> when I try to adjust the Emacs frame width using the mouse, I can only
>> do so in very big increments. It appears that the bigger-than-normal
>> margin's width is what Emacs thinks is the width of one "column".
>>
>> Any suggestions on how I should proceed from here? Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bo
>>
>>> and see if you get any lines.  Let us know what you find.
>>>
>>> 	Jan D.
>>