From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MON KEY Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7004: 23.2; In fullscreen mode, the echo area takes too much vertical space Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:40:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284127959 20308 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2010 14:12:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:12:39 +0000 (UTC) To: 7004@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 10 16:12:36 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou4LB-0002LC-OK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:12:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46352 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ou4L9-0006fM-P6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45559 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ou4J0-0004r6-MW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:10:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou4Iz-0002hM-5A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42298) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou4Iz-0002hF-2V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:10:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou3oj-0007ix-Up; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:39:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: MON KEY Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7004 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7004-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7004.128412591529680 (code B ref 7004); Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7004) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Sep 2010 13:38:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou3oJ-0007if-Cn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:38:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou3oI-0007iV-55 for 7004@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:38:34 -0400 Original-Received: by wwb34 with SMTP id 34so3565wwb.3 for <7004@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.227.38.143 with SMTP id b15mr906265wbe.178.1284126037376; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.65.140 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:40:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: hN9t_5ywtYnO5ZFeVlRQNJqgeg4 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:39:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:40064 Archived-At: ,---- | From your picture: | The height of tool bar + menu bar is 73 pixels. | Your font height is 17 pixels. | (1024 - 73)/17 = 55.94117 `---- But, it can also happen when the tool-bar/menu-bar aren't displayed. Shouldn't the display calculations take this into consideration? ,---- | The remnant (0.94117) is just wasted space, no whole line can be made to fit in | to it so it shows up at the botton as unused space. Any window height that isn't | an integral of the font height will show like this. | | There is no bug here, `---- It certainly isn't a feature! I find it can render fullscreen usage aesthetically untenable. FWIW I've had to tweak X to get (somewhat) satisfactory fullscreen behaviour. -- /s_P\