Re: set-frame-font doesn't work for me

[Luc Teirlinck]

Joe Corneli wrote (in response to Jan D.):

      It is not worth the trouble to change Emacs for it.  But please
      test this on another window manager.  

   I don't have another window manager installed, and if I did, it
   would also keep all the windows the same size as the screen, so
   someone else will have to test it.

Using sawfish, with a fully maximized Emacs frame, starting with 
the font -Sony-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--24-170-100-100-C-120-ISO8859-1,
set by xrdb-ing a file containing the line you suggested,
(set-frame-font "6x12") sets the font to "6x12" and shrinks the frame
accordingly, whereas (set-frame-font "6x12" t) does the same but keeps
the frame size the same.  All exactly as documented.

Sincerely,

Luc.