From: Chetan <Chetan.xspam@xspam.sbcglobal.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Size of emacs window can't exceed 59 in height
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:16:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4p3k7cx6.fsf@myhost.sbcglobal.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87prm9mgnh.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au
Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>> Am 09.10.2008 um 01:20 schrieb Chetan:
>>
>>> I do not set anything in the default-frame-alist except for the font.
>>> The alist is initialized the way it is because of other functions I
>>> call. The width and height are the values coming from the command
>>> line.
>>
>> The latter sounds very reasonable: why use some special code to give GNU
>> Emacs the desired frame size and position when there are the *-
>> frame-alists?
>>
>>>
>>> I checked the NEWS file after I found this, but it seems to say that
>>> the position values are used for the initial frame.
>>
>> If there are *no* particular initial-frame-alist settings, then the
>> default-frame-alist settings (also) apply for the first or initial frame.
>>
>>>
>>> At first I thought it was a bug, but since it works from shell, there
>>> is something else at play.
>>
>> Launching GNU Emacs with -Q (i.e. not loading system and user init files)
>> allows you to examine the problem – and find and describe a possible
>> bug. But beware: in windowing systems' environments there can be settings
>> in (X11) resource or (MS) registry files that impose on their clients some
>> behaviour (position, size) when nothing else is given ...
>>
>
> this is particularly true of certain window managers under X. For
> example, I have heard of others with problems regarding setting of
> colours, position and size with KDE. This was some time ago and KDE has
> gone under considerable changes, but I'd certainly be looking under KDE
> settings if you are finding that Xresources and/or command line geometry
> settings don't appear to be working as expected and you are using KDE as
> your wm. Same goes for some key bindings - people often struggle trying
> to work out why emacs key bindings are not working only to find that the
> key event is being stolen by the window manager.
>
> Tim
Yes, so many possibilities for things to get screwed up.
Chetan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-10 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-08 8:32 Size of emacs window can't exceed 59 in height Torben Knudsen
2008-10-08 9:03 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-10-08 9:23 ` Torben Knudsen
2008-10-08 9:57 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-10-08 10:18 ` Torben Knudsen
2008-10-08 14:41 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-10-10 6:49 ` Torben Knudsen
2008-10-10 9:25 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-10-10 11:14 ` Torben Knudsen
2008-10-10 13:31 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-10-13 6:33 ` Torben Knudsen
2008-10-13 8:31 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.551.1223461110.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-08 15:59 ` Chetan
2008-10-08 17:53 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.599.1223488487.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-08 18:50 ` Chetan
2008-10-08 20:41 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.617.1223498497.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-08 23:20 ` Chetan
2008-10-09 9:03 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.669.1223543046.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-09 12:16 ` Chetan
2008-10-10 0:34 ` Tim X
2008-10-10 14:16 ` Chetan [this message]
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