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bug#57890: 28.1; Doc string of `initial-frame-alist'


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#57890: 28.1; Doc string of `initial-frame-alist'
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:49:35 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> The doc string seems to suggest that the option, or its use, somehow
> depends on X resources:
>
> ... If you want the initial frame
> to have the proper geometry as soon as it appears, you need to
> use this three-step process:
> * Specify X resources to give the geometry you want.
> * Set 'default-frame-alist' to override these options so that they
>   don't affect subsequent frames.
> * Set 'initial-frame-alist' in a way that matches the X resources,
>   to override what you put in 'default-frame-alist'.
>
> That text is not introduced by anything saying, e.g., IF you are
> using X resources or by saying that this 3-step process is
> applicable only if you can use X resources.  At least some of it
> doesn't make sense without X resources, AFAIK.

And isn't this advice outdated now anyway?  The easiest way to specify
initial-frame-alist is to adjust it in `early-init-file', I think?






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