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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru,  rudalics@gmx.at,  60585@debbugs.gnu.org,
>   rpluim@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:30:14 +0800
> 
> 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.

Then please add this there, and thanks.