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

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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.

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