diff etc/NEWS @ 109058:2f0720afc474

Change default-frame-alist and menu/tool-bar-mode interaction (Bug#2249). Don't add entries for `menu-bar-lines' and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and `initial-frame-alist' at startup. Instead, use X resources to update the `menu-bar-mode' and `tool-bar-mode' variables at startup, and use them as defaults during frame creation. * lisp/frame.el (frame-notice-user-settings): Don't change default-frame-alist based on menu-bar-mode and tool-bar-mode, or vice versa. * lisp/menu-bar.el (menu-bar-mode): * lisp/tool-bar.el (tool-bar-mode): Don't change default-frame-alist. Set init-value to t. * lisp/startup.el (command-line): Use X resources to set the value of menu-bar-mode and tool-bar-mode, before calling frame-initialize. * src/frame.c (Vmenu_bar_mode, Vtool_bar_mode): New vars. * src/w32fns.c (Fx_create_frame): * src/nsfns.m (Fx_create_frame): Likewise. * src/xfns.c (Fx_create_frame): Don't consult X resouces when setting menu-bar-lines and tool-bar-lines. Use menu-bar-mode and tool-bar-mode, which are now set using these X resources at startup, to determine the defaults.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Sat Jun 26 17:41:12 2010 +0300
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Jun 26 20:30:52 2010 -0400
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@
 
 ** Passing a nil argument to a minor mode function now turns the mode
    ON unconditionally.
+
+** During startup, Emacs no longer adds entries for `menu-bar-lines'
+and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and
+`initial-frame-alist'.  With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame'
+checks the value of the variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to
+determine whether to create a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively.
+If the alist entries are added, they override the value of
+`menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'.
+
 
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1