bug#64812: 29.1; Setting the default face height on startup only sometimes resizes the frame

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 14:31:22 -0700, Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> 
>>>>> said:

    Jim> On 7/23/2023 1:36 PM, Jim Porter wrote:
    >> Normally, when starting Emacs and setting the default face size,
    >> Emacs will resize the frame so it still has the same number of
    >> columns. On 29.1, this sometimes works that way, but other times the
    >> frame pops back to its original pixel size. To see this in action,
    >> try running the following:
    >> emacs -Q --eval "(progn (tool-bar-mode -1) (menu-bar-mode -1)
    >> (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 90))"

    Jim> This is likely a dupe of bug#64809, which was filed while I was
    Jim> writing this report up. (I know there's a way to merge bugs via
    Jim> Debbugs commands, but I can't find seem to find documentation on
    Jim> this. Is there a page I could bookmark for the future that describes
    Jim> the various Debbugs commands?)

Zoomer alert! ;-) Why are you looking for a "page", when itʼs all
right there in "admin/notes/bugtracker" ?

Robert
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