Re: Geometry and temp-buffer-max-height

[Kevin Rodgers]

Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> I've a trouble setting "temp-buffer-max-height" under X and Emacs 22.1.
>
> If i start Emacs with a geometry parameter, via .Xdefaults or passing
> the option from the command line, in the first created frame
> (initial-frame) the value assigned to "temp-buffer-max-height" is not
> applied, i.e. the temp buffer height spans the default half frame.
> This doesn't happen if i resize the frame before invoking a temp
> buffer (for example using the help) or if inside a new frame (C-x 5
> 2).
>
> I've looked the documentation about "initial-frame-alist" and
> "default-frame-alist" but i didn't found nothing interesting.
>
> It's a bug or i'm missing something, like some other variable to poke?

The documentation for temp-buffer-max-height seems to suggest that you
should call (temp-buffer-max-height 1) to ensure that
temp-buffer-max-height is effective.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA