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(Window Size X): Document how Emacs sets the units for frame width if
the default font is proportional.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:13:46 +0000 |
| parents | a7400c1ee57f |
| children | 756d21b874ec |
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| 733 The values @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} may themselves be positive or | 733 The values @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} may themselves be positive or |
| 734 negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction. | 734 negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction. |
| 735 | 735 |
| 736 Emacs uses the same units as @code{xterm} does to interpret the geometry. | 736 Emacs uses the same units as @code{xterm} does to interpret the geometry. |
| 737 The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font | 737 The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font |
| 738 creates a larger frame than a small font. The @var{xoffset} | 738 creates a larger frame than a small font. (If you specify a proportional |
| 739 and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels. | 739 font, Emacs uses its maximum bounds width as the width unit.) The |
| 740 @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels. | |
| 740 | 741 |
| 741 Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the | 742 Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the |
| 742 frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height | 743 frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height |
| 743 specified in your geometry. In non-X-toolkit versions of Emacs, the | 744 specified in your geometry. In non-X-toolkit versions of Emacs, the |
| 744 menu bar also takes one line of the specified number. But in the X | 745 menu bar also takes one line of the specified number. But in the X |