Hi! Thanks all for your help! I finally got things quite working by specifying window geometry and font on the command line via --font and --geometry switches. This works as expected and it seems that Emacs only reads the ~/.emacs file after the window has already been displayed.
Edgar Am oder ungefähr am Freitag, 31. Juli 2009, um 08:25:12 schrieb Eric Bélanger: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Edgar > Kalkowski<em...@edgar-kalkowski.de> wrote: > > Hi Christian! > > > > Thank you for this tip but I’m afraid it does not work for me. I executed > > the commands you suggested and they worked without printing any error (at > > first they did because of a typo of mine). The result is that my Emacs > > window now starts up quite small in the middle of the screen and the is > > almost (before the actual content is drawn) resized to a bigger size. But > > this also makes it appear not centered but rather asymmetrical somewhat > > left of the center of the screen. > > > > Perhaps I’ll try my luck on the Emacs help mailing list in a few days or so. > > > > Edgar > > > > The starting window size can be specified in .Xresources, e.g. : > > emacs*geometry: 100x50 > > That might fix your problem. >
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