GNU bug report logs - #19972
24.4; Font size change doesn't update (window-total-width)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 02:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>
Cc: 19972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19972: Font size change doesn't update (window-total-width)
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:27:25 +0200

> From: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 07:57:26 +0000
> 
> - Consider the case of full-screen frames, which never change in pixel size.

They do for me.  See the previous messages.

> So there really shouldn’t be any assumption that the frame size will necessarily change when the font changes.

In this case, Emacs itself changes the frame size, so it can expect it
to change.

I think there's some X event due to the window manager that then
resizes the frame back, but we either don't react to it, or somehow
interpret it incorrectly.
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