RE: 23.0.60; messed up frame parameters

[Drew Adams]

This has not changed. I get the same behavior in a Windows build from yesterday:

GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-05-29 on LENNART-69DE564

The frame parameters are wrong; there are duplicates, etc., both for the first
frame and for the special *Help* and *Completions* frames. See the detailed
descriptions and the screenshot sent previously. 

This has apparently not improved at all.


> From: Drew Adams Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:16 PM
>
> Some more info: What I described is apparently only for the 
> first frame created - I create two frames initially: a buffer
> frame (e.g. Dired) and a standalone minibuffer frame.
> 
> Subsequently created frames seem to be OK, for the most part 
> - no duplicates etc.
> 
> However, I see this other problem (related?): I define 
> buffers whose names start
> and end with `*' as special-display buffers, and I define
> `special-display-frame-alist' (e.g. with LightSteelBlue as 
> background). That works OK. But I also have this:
> 
> (add-to-list
>  'special-display-buffer-names
>  (list "*Help*" '1on1-display-*Help*-frame
>        (list (cons 'background-color 1on1-help-frame-background)
>              (cons 'mouse-color 1on1-help-frame-mouse+cursor-color)
>              (cons 'cursor-color 1on1-help-frame-mouse+cursor-color)
>              '(height . 40))))
> 
> IOW, the frame for *Help* should be different, having its own 
> background (e.g. Thistle) etc.
> 
> What I get in fact is this for frame-parameters in *Help*:
> 
> ((parent-id)
>  (explicit-name)
>  (display . "")
>  (icon-name)
>  (window-id . "1378186")
>  (buried-buffer-list)
>  (buffer-list #<buffer *Help*>)
>  (minibuffer)
>  (modeline . t)
>  (name . "*Help*")
>  (background-mode . light)
>  (display-type . color)
>  (unsplittable . t)
>  (width . 54)
>  (height . 5)
>  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
>  (user-position . t)
>  (unsplittable . t)
>  (left . 10)
>  (top . 766)
>  (background-color . "LightSteelBlue")
>  (foreground-color . "Black")
>  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
>  (cursor-color . "Red")
>  (mouse-color . "Yellow")
>  (height . 14)
>  (width . 80)
>  (font . "-*-Lucida Console-normal-r-*-*-14-112-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")
>  (height . 40)
>  (cursor-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (mouse-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (background-color . "Thistle")
>  (visibility . t)
>  (scroll-bar-width . 17)
>  (cursor-type . bar)
>  (auto-lower)
>  (auto-raise)
>  (icon-type)
>  (title)
>  (buffer-predicate)
>  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
>  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
>  (right-fringe . 0)
>  (left-fringe . 0)
>  (line-spacing)
>  (screen-gamma)
>  (border-color . "black")
>  (cursor-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (mouse-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (background-color . "Thistle")
>  (foreground-color . "Black")
>  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
>  (internal-border-width . 0)
>  (border-width . 2)
>  (font . "-outline-lucida
> console-normal-roman-normal-mono-14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-startup")
>  (font-backend uniscribe gdi))
> 
> Note, for example, the multiple occurrences of 
> background-color, the first of
> which is the color for special-display-frames, not for *Help*.
> 
> This is what I get in Emacs 22.2, which is correct:
> 
> ((parent-id)
>  (explicit-name)
>  (display . "")
>  (visibility . t)
>  (icon-name)
>  (window-id . "1050606")
>  (top . 0)
>  (left . 0)
>  (buffer-list #<buffer *Help*>)
>  (unsplittable . t)
>  (minibuffer)
>  (modeline . t)
>  (width . 69)
>  (height . 28)
>  (name . "*Help*")
>  (background-mode . light)
>  (display-type . color)
>  (scroll-bar-width . 17)
>  (cursor-type . bar)
>  (auto-lower)
>  (auto-raise)
>  (icon-type)
>  (title)
>  (buffer-predicate)
>  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
>  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
>  (right-fringe . 0)
>  (left-fringe . 0)
>  (line-spacing)
>  (screen-gamma)
>  (border-color . "black")
>  (cursor-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (mouse-color . "Blue Violet")
>  (background-color . "Thistle")
>  (foreground-color . "Black")
>  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
>  (internal-border-width . 0)
>  (border-width . 2)
>  (font . "-outline-Lucida
> Console-normal-r-normal-normal-14-105-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1"))
> 
> I have the same problem for the *Completions* frame, which I 
> define similarly. The frames do not have the right background
> etc. The background for normal special-display frames is
> superimposed. 
> 
> And, again, the incorrect background color covers most of the 
> frame, but not all of it. It does not cover the frame past the
> last of the text (but see next), and
> it does not cover a thin strip at the right.
> 
> Though the wrong color does not show below the end of the 
> text in general, it does show there as a thin strip along
> the left side. Both this thin strip and the thin strip of
> correct background at the right are about 
> one char width. See attached screenshot.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> 
> > From: Drew Adams Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:31 PM 
> > This is not a complete report from emacs -Q. I don't have the time
> > for that right now. But this should help. I tried Emacs 23 with my
> > normal code (not emacs -Q). 
> >  
> > Summary: Frame parameters are really messed up.
> >  
> > I've included two listings here: (1) the frame parameters 
> from a Dired
> > buffer in GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-03-26 on
> > RELEASE and those from the same thing with GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1
> > (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-04-04 on LENNART-69DE564. 
> The Emacs 22
> > listing shows the frame parameters that I want and that my code
> > specifies. The Emacs 23 parameters are incorrect.
> >  
> > Several frame parameters have been changed so that I don't 
> get what I
> > specified: frame background color, absence/presence of fringe,
> > etc. These are marked "WRONG" in the Emacs 23 listing.
> >  
> > [Actually, the incorrect background color does not appear over the
> > whole frame. At the end of the buffer/frame, in the empty 
> space after
> > the last text, the correct background color shows. And as 
> you scroll,
> > the correct background color flashes over the middle of the frame
> > momentarily. But the incorrect color (white) returns immediately.]
> >  
> > In addition, there are multiple occurrences of parameters - 
> these are
> > marked "extra" in the listing. Sometimes the values are 
> changed in the
> > extra occurrences; sometimes the values are the same. 
> Sometimes the an
> > occurrence with a changed value comes before the occurrence with the
> > correct value; sometimes it comes after it.
> >  
> > In addition, there are new parameters that don't occur in the Emacs
> > 22.2 listing - these are marked "new" in the listing. In some cases,
> > even these new parameters (which are not provided by my code) are
> > duplicated.
> >  
> > Minor info: Though the right fringe, like the left fringe, has the
> > incorrect value of 8, visually, the right fringe is twice as wide as
> > the left fringe - more like 16 than 8. (In any case, I specified 0,
> > not 8.)
> >  
> > Emacs 22.2 Listing of frame-parameters (correct)
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > (
> >  (auto-lower)
> >  (auto-raise)
> >  (background-color . "LightBlue")
> >  (background-mode . light)
> >  (border-color . "black")
> >  (border-width . 2)
> >  (buffer-list #<buffer drews-lisp-20>)
> >  (buffer-predicate)
> >  (cursor-color . "Red")
> >  (cursor-type . bar)
> >  (display . "")
> >  (display-type . color)
> >  (explicit-name . t)
> >  (font . "-outline-Lucida
> > Console-normal-r-normal-normal-14-105-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")
> >  (foreground-color . "Black")
> >  (height . 57)
> >  (icon-name)
> >  (icon-type)
> >  (internal-border-width . 0)
> >  (left . 0)
> >  (left-fringe . 0)
> >  (line-spacing)
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  (minibuffer)
> >  (modeline . t)
> >  (mouse-color . "Red")
> >  (name . "drews-lisp-20")
> >  (parent-id)
> >  (right-fringe . 0)
> >  (screen-gamma)
> >  (scroll-bar-width . 17)
> >  (title)
> >  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >  (top . 0)
> >  (unsplittable)
> >  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
> >  (visibility . t)
> >  (width . 49)
> >  (window-id . "591706")
> > )
> >  
> > Emacs 23 Listing of frame-parameters (incorrect)
> > ------------------------------------------------
> >  
> > ((parent-id)
> >  (name . "drews-lisp-20")
> >  ;; new:
> >  (font-backend uniscribe gdi)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (font . "-outline-courier
> > new-normal-roman-normal-mono-13-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-startup")
> >  (border-width . 2)
> >  (internal-border-width . 0)
> >  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (foreground-color . "SystemWindowText")
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (background-color . "SystemWindow")
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (mouse-color . "black")
> >  (cursor-color . "Red")
> >  (border-color . "black")
> >  ;; new:
> >  (screen-gamma)
> >  (line-spacing)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (left-fringe . 8)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (right-fringe . 8)
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >  (buffer-predicate)
> >  (title)
> >  (icon-type)
> >  (auto-raise)
> >  (auto-lower)
> >  (cursor-type . bar)
> >  (scroll-bar-width . 17)
> >  (visibility . t)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (window-system . w32)
> >  ;; NEW (and false/ineffective):
> >  (horizontal-scroll-bars . t)
> >  (display-type . color)
> >  (background-mode . light)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (environment)
> >  (height . 57)
> >  (width . 49)
> >  (modeline . t)
> >  (minibuffer)
> >  (unsplittable)
> >  (buffer-list #<buffer drews-lisp-20>)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (buried-buffer-list)
> >  (left . 0)
> >  (top . 0)
> >  (window-id . "984822")
> >  (icon-name)
> >  (display . "")
> >  (explicit-name . t)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (fringe . 0)
> >  (right-fringe . 0)
> >  (left-fringe . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (icon-type)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (user-position . t)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (minibuffer)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (height . 35)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (width . 80)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (left . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (top . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (cursor-type . bar)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (cursor-color . "Red")
> >  (mouse-color . "Red")
> >  (font . "-*-Lucida 
> Console-normal-r-*-*-14-112-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (background-color . "LightBlue")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (foreground-color . "Black")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (reverse)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (user-position . t)
> >  ;; new:
> >  (user-size . t)
> >  ;; extra & WRONG:
> >  (visibility)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (scroll-bar-width . 17)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (cursor-type . bar)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (auto-lower)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (auto-raise)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (icon-type)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (title)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (buffer-predicate)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (right-fringe . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (left-fringe . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (line-spacing)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (screen-gamma)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (border-color . "black")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (cursor-color . "Red")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (mouse-color . "Red")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (background-color . "LightBlue")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (foreground-color . "Black")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (internal-border-width . 0)
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (border-width . 2)
> >  ;; extra & (WRONG?):
> >  (font . "-outline-lucida
> > console-normal-roman-normal-mono-14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-startup")
> >  ;; extra:
> >  (font-backend uniscribe gdi)
> > )
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > 
> > In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> >  of 2008-04-04 on LENNART-69DE564
> > Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> > configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt 
> > --cflags -Ic:/g/include
> > -fno-crossjumping'
> >  
> > 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: nil
> >   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
> >   value of $LC_TIME: nil
> >   value of $LANG: ENU
> >   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
> >   locale-coding-system: cp1252
> >   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
> >  
> > Major mode: Dired by name
> >  
> > Minor modes in effect:
> >   display-time-mode: t
> >   savehist-mode: t
> >   icomplete-mode: t
> >   tool-bar-pop-up-mode: t
> >   icicle-mode: t
> >   minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode: t
> >   pretty-control-l-mode: t
> >   delete-selection-mode: t
> >   tabbar-mode: t
> >   show-paren-mode: t
> >   mouse-wheel-mode: t
> >   menu-bar-mode: t
> >   file-name-shadow-mode: t
> >   global-font-lock-mode: t
> >   font-lock-mode: t
> >   blink-cursor-mode: t
> >   global-auto-composition-mode: t
> >   auto-composition-mode: t
> >   auto-compression-mode: t
> >   size-indication-mode: t
> >   column-number-mode: t
> >   line-number-mode: t
> >   transient-mark-mode: t
> >  
> > Recent input:
> > <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> > <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <se
> > nd-emacs-bug-report>
> >  
> > Recent messages:
> > Loading delsel...done
> > Turned OFF automatically telling Customize of outside changes.
> > Turned ON making cursor a box when Emacs is idle.
> > Turning ON Icicle mode...done
> > Loading c:/drews-lisp-20/_drews-customizations.el (source)...
> > Loading `_drews-customizations.el'...done.
> > Loading c:/drews-lisp-20/_drews-customizations.el (source)...done
> > Buffer `*scratch*' is in Lisp Interaction mode.   For info on 
> > the mode: `C-h m'.
> > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type M-x 
> > about-emacs.
> > Buffer `drews-lisp-20' is in Dired by name mode.   For info 
> > on the mode: `h'.