GNU bug report logs - #71669
30.0.50; macOS: `emacs --geometry` flag broken, only `-geometry` works

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Message #11 received at 71669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 71669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71669: 30.0.50; macOS: `emacs --geometry` flag broken, only
 `-geometry` works
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:15:16 -0400

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Where is it documented that `--geometry' should be supported on all
> systems?

1. man emacs
2. (info "(emacs) Window Size X")

> Different windowing systems are each host to unique
> conventions that our command-line options are supposed to observe, and
> this item's being visibly excluded from list of such options for NS
> systems suggests that its omission is no accident.

As I explained, it works when I say `-geometry` (one dash), so this
feature is already there.  The only issue is that `--geometry` (two
dashes) doesn't work.

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