Subject: Re: bug#12368: 24.1; x-parse-geometry broken in Emacs 24.1

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:57:28 -0400

Robert Dallas Gray wrote:

> emacs -Q
> M-:
> (x-parse-geometry "80x40+5+10")
>
> Expected result: ((height . 40) (width . 80) (top . 10) (left . 5))

Works fine on GNU/Linux in 24.1.

> Actual result:   ((top . 80)) 
>
> In GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1138.47)

C-h f x-parse-geometry:

   On Nextstep, this just calls `ns-parse-geometry'.

C-h f ns-parse-geometry:

   Parse a Nextstep-style geometry string GEOM.

Why this needs to be different on this platform I do not know, but it is.