Re: Can we make border width zero by default?

[Jan Djärv]

Chong Yidong skrev:
> Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > While looking into bug 5848, I experimented with border width (not
> > internal border width).  The default is currently 2 pixels.  I'd like
> > to set that to zero.
> >
> > The reasons are that some window managers (metacity at least)
> > overrides this and sets zero anyway.  Other window managers like
> > compiz make the border on two sides transparent and black on the other
> > two.  Probably this is some effect applications can take advantage of,
> > but for Emacs it just looks strange (see screen shot).
> >
> > For the Gtk+ port, border width has no effect, it can't be specified
> > in Gtk+-functions and it is hardcoded to 0 in the Gtk+ code.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Fine by me (for the trunk).  I don't know the reasoning behind the
> current 2px default.

It was/is used to mark the frame with the focus.  The focused frame gets a 
black border, the rest a gray border.

        Jan D.