Follow is the trace resulting from `emacs`: Frame size history of # FRAME-NOTICE-USER nil ((font . Sarasa Mono CL 12) (height . 47) (width . 120) (left . 0) (top . 0)) adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (font 3) adjust-frame-size-2 (560 576 640 720) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (672 749) adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 960 940) (x-set-frame-parameters 1) adjust-frame-size-2 (560 576 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (560 576 960 940) (992 969) xg-frame-resized (560 576 640 720) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (change-frame-size 5) adjust-frame-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (592 576 672 720) xg-frame-resized (640 720 960 940) nil update-frame-tool-bar nil nil adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 640 720) (tool-bar-lines 2) adjust-frame-size-2 (640 720 640 720) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (640 720 640 720) (672 791) adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 960 940) (change-frame-size 5) xg-frame-resized (640 720 640 720) nil adjust-frame-size-3 (640 720 960 940) (672 720 992 940) adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1) adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1) And this is the trace resulting from `emacs --geometry="120x47"`: Frame size history of # FRAME-NOTICE-USER nil ((font . Sarasa Mono CL 12) (left . 0) (top . 0)) adjust-frame-size-1 (840 752 960 940) (font 3) adjust-frame-size-2 (840 752 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (840 752 960 940) (992 969) xg-frame-resized (840 752 960 940) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (840 752 960 940) (change-frame-size 5) adjust-frame-size-3 (840 752 960 940) (872 752 992 940) update-frame-tool-bar nil nil adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (tool-bar-lines 2) adjust-frame-size-2 (960 940 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (960 940 960 940) (992 1011) xg-frame-resized (960 940 960 940) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1) adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1) The trace resulting from `emacs .emacs` is: Frame size history of # FRAME-NOTICE-USER nil ((font . Sarasa Mono CL 12) (height . 47) (width . 120) (left . 0) (top . 0)) adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (font 3) adjust-frame-size-2 (560 576 640 720) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (672 749) xg-frame-resized (560 576 640 720) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (change-frame-size 5) adjust-frame-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (592 576 672 720) adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 960 940) (x-set-frame-parameters 1) adjust-frame-size-2 (640 720 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (640 720 960 940) (992 969) xg-frame-resized (640 720 960 940) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 960 940) (change-frame-size 5) adjust-frame-size-3 (640 720 960 940) (672 720 992 940) update-frame-tool-bar nil nil adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (tool-bar-lines 2) adjust-frame-size-2 (960 940 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (960 940 960 940) (992 1011) xg-frame-resized (960 940 960 940) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1) Traces are not fully the same with each other that resulting from a same command. This is another trace resulting from `emacs`: Frame size history of # FRAME-NOTICE-USER nil ((font . Sarasa Mono CL 12) (height . 47) (width . 120) (left . 0) (top . 0)) adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (font 3) adjust-frame-size-2 (560 576 640 720) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (672 749) adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 960 940) (x-set-frame-parameters 1) adjust-frame-size-2 (560 576 960 940) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (560 576 960 940) (992 969) xg-frame-resized (560 576 640 720) nil adjust-frame-size-1 (560 576 640 720) (change-frame-size 5) adjust-frame-size-3 (560 576 640 720) (592 576 672 720) xg-frame-resized (640 720 960 940) nil update-frame-tool-bar nil nil adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 640 720) (tool-bar-lines 2) adjust-frame-size-2 (640 720 640 720) (nil nil) xg-frame-set-char-size-3 (640 720 640 720) (672 791) adjust-frame-size-1 (640 720 960 940) (change-frame-size 5) xg-frame-resized (640 720 640 720) nil adjust-frame-size-3 (640 720 960 940) (672 720 992 940) adjust-frame-size-1 (960 940 960 940) (set-window-configuration 1)