Re: Setting size that windows start as

1998-10-12 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 11:47:29AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear debian people, > > When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my > screen. Is there a command-line argument for setting the size of the > window, please? > > Thanks, > > Matthew > More info about the

Re: Setting size that windows start as

1998-10-12 Thread W. Paul Mills
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- emacs -geometry 80x35 or add to your .Xresources file -- *Emacs.geometry: 80x35 this eliminates having to type the argument every time you use emacs > > Dear debian people, > > When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my > scree

Re: Setting size that windows start as

1998-10-11 Thread Christopher Barry
Most X apps accept a "-geometry" flag which you give the arguments as: xemacs -geometry 80x24+100+100 or netscape -geometry 800x600+0+0 The first two numbers are the window's dimensions. For most apps, such as Netscape, this is the pixel size, but for many text oriented apps such as xterms

Re: Setting size that windows start as

1998-10-11 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Dear debian people, | | When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my | screen. Is there a command-line argument for setting the size of the | window, please? -geometry 81x30 Works with most X apps (but it usually specifies pixel

Setting size that windows start as

1998-10-11 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear debian people, When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my screen. Is there a command-line argument for setting the size of the window, please? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer