From d0f05d60c5565d0aa3398e178fa1ad2acefec963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:13:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Window Size X): Document how Emacs sets the units for frame width if the default font is proportional. --- man/cmdargs.texi | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi index f8035df9712..98fb5557b92 100644 --- a/man/cmdargs.texi +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi @@ -735,8 +735,9 @@ negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction. 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