[Fwd: Frame Height Different for Default Frame and Additional Frames]

[martin rudalics]

> From: Rocco Pigneri <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Frame Height Different for Default Frame and Additional Frames
>
>  > 1. Put the following line in your .emacs file:
>  >
>  > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 57))
>  >
>  > 2. Start a new instance of Emacs.  Note the height of the frame.
>  >
>  > 3. Press C-x 5 2 to create a new frame.  You will notice that this new frame
>  > is three lines longer than the old one.
I can confirm that behavior with Emacs -Q (EMACS_22_BASE) on Windows ME.
Is this something that can be fixed or something that should be added to
~/etc/PROBLEMS ?  Note that the behavior violates the description from
the Elisp manual

 -- Variable: default-frame-alist
     This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for
     all Emacs frames--the first frame, and subsequent frames.  When ...