Re: Odd problem with window geometry

[Joel Reicher]

Al Eisner <eisner@slac.stanford.edu> writes:

> I have had a consistent problem in starting up emacs on a Rocky 
> 9 Linux platform.  (I have no control over the machine, but it 
> appears to be using emacs-27.2.)  If I specify window size (with 
> either -g or --geometry) on the command line, I first see a 
> window of appropriate size (which changes when I change the 
> values), but then as initialization completes it collapses to a 
> window with only 3 or 4 lines; there is also a small change in 
> width.  This happens whether or not I have a .emacs file.  (I 
> have no other initializtion file.)  I have longed used emacs on 
> both Redhat=6 Linix and Linux OS-7, with no such problem, but I 
> think the emacs version there was 25.  In case it matters, I use 
> XMing as my X server, but that is unchanged from my usage on the 
> other platforms.
>
> Does this behavior ring a bell with anyone?  I must be missing 
> something.

This is just a stab in the dark, but I've noticed a weird geometry 
change when the toolbar is being removed. Maybe there's also one 
happening when it's being drawn? Perhaps experiment with having it 
enabled or disabled? And maybe same for the menu bar?

Regards,

       - Joel