Re: Emacs-trunk half window?

[Jan Djärv]

Angelo Graziosi skrev 2010-01-26 11.54:
> When I run the build of current trunk, rev. 99386, Emacs starts with a
> window of 19 lines instead of 35, as it did until the last build, on
> 2010.01.20.
>
> This happens on GNU/Linux Kubuntu 9.10 with the following .Xdefaults:
>
> ------------------------
> Emacs.FontBackend: xft
> Emacs.font: Monospace 13
> Emacs.geometry: -0+0
>
> ! ---------[ xft ] ---------
> Xft*antialias: true
> Xft*autohint: true
> ------------------------
>
> In the above, the line which causes this 'half window' is:
>
> Emacs.font: Monospace 13
>
> Removing it, Emacs starts with a 'full' window of 38 lines, but with
> Monospace 12 and not 13, as I would. Setting '13', manually, with
> 'Options | Set Default Font' still have 38 lines.

If you want 38 lines, say so:

Emacs.geometry: 80x38+0+0.

There is no guarantee on how many lines Emacs will choose to have when there 
is nothing specified.

        Jan D.