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minibuffer beyond end of screen in emacs23

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org, 3643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3643: emacs -Q doesn't fit on the user's screen
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:26:12 +0100

jidanni <at> jidanni.org skrev:
> Sorry, with emacs-snapshot version 1:20100118-1 there is still no
> improvement.
> $ emacs -Q
> does not fit on the users screen under icewm.

Please provide details and screen shots.  Like how many lines did emacs have, 
how many fits, did you start with -Q, do you change font, what is your display 
resolution.

> Did you try it under icewm?
>

Yes, with 1024x768 and 800x600 with various fonts.


> OK, today I also tried it under LXDE.
> emacs -Q comes up... and the minibuffer is hidden underneath the LXDE
> toolbar!
> 
> Here's what I did.
> # aptitude install lxde
> $ cat .xsession # http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Debian
> exec startlxde
> # nohup /etc/init.d/xdm restart

Again, details are missing.

	Jan D.

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