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25.0.50; Running dired changes frame width, gtk_distribute_natural_allocation throws assertion

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Message #186 received at 22000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 22000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, deng <at> randomsample.de
Subject: Re: bug#22000: Patch addressing the menu-bar frame-resize interaction
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:56:26 +0300

> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:24:14 +0100 (BST)
> From: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org>
> Cc: 22000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
> 
> > What is the 'root frame'? Surely the only frame that matters is the
> > one displaying the menu bar?
> 
> That is the root frame.

We don't have such terminology in Emacs.

Maybe I misunderstand you: what other frames, except "root frames" do
you see in Emacs?

> PS: Regarding the capital-after-a-colon question - this is a rigidly
> defined area of doubt and uncertainty. There appears to be no hard-and-fast
> rule, only whatever's in various house style guides.

FWIW, I find the capital-letter style here jarring.

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