GNU bug report logs - #23074
25.1.50; X11: `use-fancy-splash-screens-p` erroneously returns nil.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk <at> alum.mit.edu>
Cc: esq <at> lawlist.com, stefan <at> marxist.se, 23074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, johnw <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#23074: 25.1.50; X11: `use-fancy-splash-screens-p` erroneously returns nil.
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:35:25 +0300

> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:33:54 -0400
> From: John Hawkinson <jhawk <at> alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, esq <at> lawlist.com, johnw <at> gnu.org,
>         23074-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > Ping!  I'd like to fix this problem for Emacs 25.1, if possible.
> ...
> > More information was requested, but none was given within 4 years, so
> > I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reply to this
> > email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
> > bug report.
> 
> This is still an issue, I think. I upgraded from Emacs 24.3 to 27.2 this morning, and the first thing I noticed was the missing splash screen graphic.
> 
> Notably,
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/20976/x11-why-is-the-emacs-logo-image-missing-on-the-welcome-screen
> recommends adjusting use-fancy-splash-screens-p's calculation constants, so I suspect that may be what a lot of people do.
> 
> It seems that:
>   (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(height . 37)) ;; originally 36
> 
> is also sufficient to solve the problem. I'm not sure if that's the
> right way to change the frame height, and where the default actually
> comes from?

In https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23074#38 I requested
some information necessary to understand what is going on and why.
Could you please provide that?

Also, I'm not sure I understand what systems are affected.  You didn't
provide the information collected by "M-x report-emacs-bug", so I
don't even know on what OS are you seeing this and in which Emacs
configuration.

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