Re: set-frame-parameter

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:26:24 +0100 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> 
wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:19:40 +0100 steve-humphreys@gmx.com wrote:
>
>> Have used "emacs -Q" as instructed.
>>
>> Then executed the following three commands, one after the other.
>>
>> The last command beeps the frame to fullheight.
>>
>> (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'fullscreen 'fullboth)
>> (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'fullscreen 'fullheight)
>> (set-frame-size nil 58 13)
>
> I can only reiterate that it works for me.  Perhaps your window manager
> is interfering somehow.  The doc string of set-frame-size says:
>
>   (set-frame-size FRAME WIDTH HEIGHT &optional PIXELWISE)
>   
>   Set text size of FRAME to WIDTH by HEIGHT, measured in characters.
>   Optional argument PIXELWISE non-nil means to measure in pixels.  Note:
>   When ‘frame-resize-pixelwise’ is nil, some window managers may refuse to
>   honor a WIDTH that is not an integer multiple of the default frame font
>   width or a HEIGHT that is not an integer multiple of the default frame
>   font height.
>
> FWIW I'm using xfwm4.

I meant to add: What happens when you try (set-frame-size nil 58 13 t)?

Steve Berman