bug#12417: 24.2; emacs window shrinks automatically when opened and/or resized

[Carsten Senger]

If I start emacs the window immediately starts to shrink.

This is emacs 24.2.1 compiled from source with no special options
(except --prefix) on Ubuntu 12.04.1 using unity. Using GTK 3.4.2 instead
of gtk2 makes no difference.

After reading #10954 I reduced the configuration to

(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'menu-bar-mode) (menu-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'fringe-mode) (fringe-mode 0))
(if (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)(scroll-bar-mode -1))

and tested the effect if I disable different sets of these modes. In the
matrix each letter means the mode is disabled with the line stated above.

      s -> okay
    f   -> okay
  m     -> okay
t       -> okay
    f s -> when opened and resized
  m f s -> when opened and resized
t m f s -> when resized
t   f s -> when resized
t     s -> okay
  m   s -> okay
  m f   -> okay
t m     -> okay
t m   s -> okay



In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
 of 2012-09-07 on kolja

Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11103000
Configured using:
 `configure '--prefix=/usr/local''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x r e p o <tab> r t - e m <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Making completion list...
goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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