# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 983805226 0
# Node ID ea96fad2da674699e4a7d5df9ec8233a51dcd006
# Parent  57371dae7dbdc8384cb21d1e36dd992b090356ae
(Window Size X): Document how Emacs sets the units for frame width if
the default font is proportional.

diff -r 57371dae7dbd -r ea96fad2da67 man/cmdargs.texi
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi	Mon Mar 05 15:11:21 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi	Mon Mar 05 15:13:46 2001 +0000
@@ -735,8 +735,9 @@
 
   Emacs uses the same units as @code{xterm} does to interpret the geometry.
 The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font
-creates a larger frame than a small font.  The @var{xoffset}
-and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels.
+creates a larger frame than a small font.  (If you specify a proportional
+font, Emacs uses its maximum bounds width as the width unit.)  The
+@var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels.
 
   Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the
 frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height