bug#60585: 30.0.50; global-text-scale-adjust shrinks window (was not before), was: Re: bug#52493: 29.0.50; Setting Inconsolata up in init.el makes default face rendered wrong

[Po Lu]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
>> Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>>   60585@debbugs.gnu.org,  rpluim@gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 09:36:41 +0800
>> 
>> 
>> Whenever you see an inconsistency between what Emacs thinks its WM hints
>> are, and what you think the window manager sees, try to actually read
>> the window manager hints property with `xprop'.
>> 
>> It should print several lines describing the window manager hints.
>> 
>> WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
>>              program specified minimum size: 34 by 55
>>              program specified resize increment: 8 by 17 <------
>>              program specified base size: 34 by 55
>>              window gravity: NorthWest
>> 
>> Check there to see if the increment is really 17x37.
>> Xt sometimes refuses to set hints, which can be very confusing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Should this perhaps be in etc/DEBUG?

I think so.  As xprop is also useful when debugging any kind of problem
involving X window properties, so I guess the other uses should be
written down as well.