bug#64809: 29.1; Initial frame is wrong size when dimensions specified in init file

[David Fiander]

On 2023-07-24 08:27, Po Lu wrote:
> David Fiander <david@fiander.info> writes:
>
> > On 2023-07-24 07:05, Po Lu wrote:
> > > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> > >
> > > > > Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 15:02:45 -0500
> > > > > From: David Fiander <david@fiander.info>
> > > > >
> > > > > Using the below init file, and running emacs from the command line, the
> > > > > initial frame seems to appear with the correct size but then shrinks
> > > > > down.
> > > >
> > > > Shrinks down to what size?
> >
> > When I resize the window, the emacs tooltip says that it's
> > 89x25. xwininfo says that it's 752x504 pixels. The characters
> > displayed in the window are the same size as when I run 28.2. See the
> > attached screenshot.
> >
> > When I use the same init file with emacs 28.2, the emacs tooltip also
> > says 89x25, but xwininfo reports that it is 1215x824 pixels
>
> What happens if you set:
>
>    (setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)
>
> in your early-init.el?

The same "small window" behaviour.
> > I'm using gtk+, but not pgtk. The window manager is XFCE.
>
> Thanks.  Does the problem still occur with a no-toolkit build (one with
> --with-x-toolkit=no?)

both with and with frame-resize-pixelwise, the window appears "full 
size", blinks to the small size, and the resizes correctly for the given 
font.