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To: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: Re: geometry problems 
In-reply-to: Message from Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> 
  of "Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:59:32 EST." <QQccix13347.199702102359@crystal.WonderWorks.COM> 
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:29:37 -0800
From: Vladimir Ivanovic <Vladimir.Ivanovic@mri.com>

XEmacs itself doesn't do the right thing.

    * The 80th character is needlessly wrapped on a line when
      `frame-width' returns 80.
    * The 60th line is not visible when `frame-height' returns 60.

Isn't this independent of X window manager geometry issues?

-- Vladimir

>>>>> Kyle Jones writes:

  KJ> Vladimir Ivanovic writes:
  >> The following file should display (a) completely and (b) without
  >> wrappping, but doesn't.  The 80th character wraps (or gets replaced
  >> with a '->') and the 60th line does not appear when XEmacs is
  >> invoked with:
  >> 
  >> xemacs -q -geometry 80x60 ~/misc/80x60

  KJ> Didn't we abandon the geometry problems as hopeless back in the
  KJ> beta days?  Something about widgets stealing space from the text
  KJ> windows.  It's routine for my window manager and XEmacs to
  KJ> disagree about the frame size.  I just ignore it now or do C-x 5 2
  KJ> to get a proper sized frame.  Do we care again?

