Re: Changes in frame/window code

[Dmitry Antipov]

On 07/22/2014 05:42 PM, martin rudalics wrote:

> In the next days I intend to install the attached patch.  Its primary
> aims are to:
>
> (1) Finish the transition to pixelwise frame/window size handling (for
>      example, removing the necessity that fringe-sizes are an integral
>      multiple of columns or the remnants of the "extended" scrollbar).
>
> (2) Fix the "toolbar/menubar height is part of the frame text height"
>      issue (which the recent change in revision 117561 doesn't).
>
> (3) Make the frame size resilient to menu-/tool-/scrollbar/font/fringes
>      changes when it's either maximized/fullscreen or the user generally
>      dislikes implied size changes.
>
> (4) Add horizontal scroll bars for the Gtk/Motif/Lucid/Windows builds.
>
> Kindly refrain from substantial frame/window code changes in the next
> few days to make the transition as smooth as possible.  And, obviously,
> please try the patch.

Maintenance/support notice: in general, I think that ~400K patch is just
a bad joke. IMO it's highly desirable to split 1), 2) and 3) in one
patch and apply it first. 4) should go next, and only after a more or
less representative feedback on 1), 2) and 3).

Dmitry