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23.1.50; GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings from command line

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings from command line
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:37:56 +0200

Hello!

A French brought this problem up in help-gnu-emacs for GNU Emacs  
23.1. The bug seems to exist also in the CVS version. Launched as

	src/emacs -Q -g 20x20+200+200 &

the frame is wider than thought and xwininfo then shows:

	  Corners:  +202+228  -930+228  -930-350  +202-350
	  -geometry 38x20+200+200

A second frame, from C-x 5 2, is put at the right edge of my screen:

	  Corners:  +1244+176  -14+176  -14-402  +1244-402
	  -geometry 20x20-12+148


My window manager is Blackbox 0.65.0 : (c) 2001 - 2002 Sean 'Shaleh'  
Perry
			    1997 - 2000, 2002 Brad Hughes

My xserver is X11 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0, provided by Apple.

GNU Emacs 23.1.50 uses more up-to-date X libraries from outside (from  
the MacPorts project).


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version 2.16.6)
 of 2009-10-03 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
11.0.40400000
configured using `configure  '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '-- 
with-dbus' '--with-libotf' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff'  
'--with-gif' '--with-png' '--x-libraries=/opt/local/lib' '--x- 
includes=/opt/local/include' '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/ 
Application Support/Emacs/calendar23:/Library/Application Support/ 
Emacs' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/share/ 
pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig' 'CFLAGS=-ggdb3  
-gfull -mtraceback=full -Wno-pointer-sign -H -pipe -fPIC -mcpu=7450 - 
mtune=7450 -mtune=G4 -fast -mpim-altivec -ftree-vectorize -foptimize- 
register-move -freorder-blocks -fthread-jumps -fpeephole -fno- 
crossjumping' 'LDFLAGS=-dead_strip -multiply_defined suppress'  
'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp -I/usr/include/openssl -I/sw/include/ 
pango-1.0 -I/sw/lib/fontconfig2/include -I/usr/local/include -I/sw/ 
include''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> C-x 5 2 <switch-frame> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>


--
Greetings

  Pete

You can learn many things from children.  How much patience you have,  
for instance.
				– Franklin P. Jones

Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
Cc: 4640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4640: 23.1.50; GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings from command line
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:11:25 +0200

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE> writes:

> A French brought this problem up in help-gnu-emacs for GNU Emacs
> 23.1. The bug seems to exist also in the CVS version. Launched as
>
> 	src/emacs -Q -g 20x20+200+200 &
>
> the frame is wider than thought and xwininfo then shows:
>
> 	  Corners:  +202+228  -930+228  -930-350  +202-350
> 	  -geometry 38x20+200+200

I'm seeing the opposite effect: the resulting frame is too small.  This
is under KDE.

  Corners:  +204+225  -1164+225  -1164-310  +204-310
  -geometry 20x18+200+200

Andreas.

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Message #20 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>, 4640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4640: 23.1.50;	GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings
 from command line
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:16:09 +0200

Peter Dyballa skrev:
> Hello!
> 
> A French brought this problem up in help-gnu-emacs for GNU Emacs 23.1. 
> The bug seems to exist also in the CVS version. Launched as
> 
>     src/emacs -Q -g 20x20+200+200 &
> 
> the frame is wider than thought and xwininfo then shows:
> 
>       Corners:  +202+228  -930+228  -930-350  +202-350
>       -geometry 38x20+200+200

My guess is that the width is calculated with the wrong font.  I'll check.

> 
> A second frame, from C-x 5 2, is put at the right edge of my screen:
> 
>       Corners:  +1244+176  -14+176  -14-402  +1244-402
>       -geometry 20x20-12+148
> 

The placement part of the geometry is not valid for subsequent frames, it only 
applies to the first one.  The window manager places the other frames.

	Jan D.

Message #30 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>, 4640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: bug#4640: 23.1.50;	GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings
 from command line
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:22:13 +0200

Peter Dyballa skrev:
> Hello!
> 
> A French brought this problem up in help-gnu-emacs for GNU Emacs 23.1. 
> The bug seems to exist also in the CVS version. Launched as
> 
>     src/emacs -Q -g 20x20+200+200 &
> 
> the frame is wider than thought and xwininfo then shows:
> 
>       Corners:  +202+228  -930+228  -930-350  +202-350
>       -geometry 38x20+200+200

It was the menu bar that determined the width of the frame.  It does this even 
if menu bar mode is off, as the menu bar is first added then removed later on.

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> I'm seeing the opposite effect: the resulting frame is too small.  This
> is under KDE.
> 
>   Corners:  +204+225  -1164+225  -1164-310  +204-310
>   -geometry 20x18+200+200

This is a total mystery.  Can you try again with an up-to-date emacs?
Do you by any chance remove scroll bars and/or fringes?

	Jan D.

Message #40 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 4640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 4640-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4640: 23.1.50;	GNU Emacs does not follow geometry settings
 from command line
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:42:22 +0200

Andreas Schwab skrev:
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE> writes:
> 
>> A French brought this problem up in help-gnu-emacs for GNU Emacs
>> 23.1. The bug seems to exist also in the CVS version. Launched as
>>
>> 	src/emacs -Q -g 20x20+200+200 &
>>
>> the frame is wider than thought and xwininfo then shows:
>>
>> 	  Corners:  +202+228  -930+228  -930-350  +202-350
>> 	  -geometry 38x20+200+200
> 
> I'm seeing the opposite effect: the resulting frame is too small.  This
> is under KDE.
> 
>   Corners:  +204+225  -1164+225  -1164-310  +204-310
>   -geometry 20x18+200+200
> 

I can not reproduce this under KDE.  If it still happens, reopen this bug with 
more information (KDE version, theme used, Gtk-engine on or off, font used).

	Jan D.

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