[PLUG] Setting emacs frame size

[Johnathan Mantey]

Rich,
I use the following to make frame changes:
(setq default-frame-alist (append default-frame-alist
                                      '((background-color . "black")
                                        (foreground-color . "green3"))))


On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:56 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> In ~/.emacs on the desktop with the 19" wide screen are these two stanzas:
>
> (setq initial-frame-alist '(
>      (minibuffer . t)
>      (width . 110)
>      (height . 53)
>                             )
> )
>
> (setq default-frame-alist '(
>      (minibuffer . t)
>      (width . 110)
>      (height . 53)
>      (border-color . "red")
>                             )
>
> which I thought set the size of the window/frame when I invoke emacs.
> However, the actual size is 144x44 which is okay on that monitor. And, the
> ~/.emacs file does not contain the digits 144.
>
> On the desktop with the square 19" monitor the initial and default frame
> sizes are set to 95x50, but emacs still displays at 114x44.
>
> Is there a different place within ~/.emacs where the application size
> should
> be set?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
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