Re: set-frame-parameter

[steve-humphreys@gmx.com]

> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:46 AM
> From: "Stephen Berman" <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: set-frame-parameter
>
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:39:19 +0100 steve-humphreys@gmx.com wrote:
> 
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:29 AM
> >> From: "Stephen Berman" <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> >> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> >> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> >> Subject: Re: set-frame-parameter
> >>
> >> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:26:24 +0100 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:19:40 +0100 steve-humphreys@gmx.com wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Have used "emacs -Q" as instructed.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then executed the following three commands, one after the other.
> >> >>
> >> >> The last command beeps the frame to fullheight.
> >> >>
> >> >> (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'fullscreen 'fullboth)
> >> >> (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'fullscreen 'fullheight)
> >> >> (set-frame-size nil 58 13)
> >> >
> >> > I can only reiterate that it works for me.  Perhaps your window manager
> >> > is interfering somehow.  The doc string of set-frame-size says:
> >> >
> >> >   (set-frame-size FRAME WIDTH HEIGHT &optional PIXELWISE)
> >> >   
> >> >   Set text size of FRAME to WIDTH by HEIGHT, measured in characters.
> >> >   Optional argument PIXELWISE non-nil means to measure in pixels.  Note:
> >> >   When ‘frame-resize-pixelwise’ is nil, some window managers may refuse to
> >> >   honor a WIDTH that is not an integer multiple of the default frame font
> >> >   width or a HEIGHT that is not an integer multiple of the default frame
> >> >   font height.
> >> >
> >> > FWIW I'm using xfwm4.
> >> 
> >> I meant to add: What happens when you try (set-frame-size nil 58 13 t)?
> >
> >
> >  Doing (set-frame-size nil 58 13) works only if emacs has not been maximised.
> 
> And (set-frame-size nil 58 13 t)?  (Note the `t' at the end.)  If that
> works, then I assume your window manager is preventing the non-pixelwise
> resizing.  If pixelwise resizing also doesn't work, then I'm out of
> ideas.  Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.

Same thing happens when using (set-frame-size nil 58 13 t).  Only works if emacs is not
maximised.  Thanks for bearing with me. 
 
> Steve Berman
> 
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