Why does emacs start up small?












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My emacs is coming up really small, and this is how I'm launching it:



[jah@localhost ~]$ xrdb -query -all
Xcursor.size: 24
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb
[jah@localhost ~]$ emacs -q


enter image description here



What else besides X resources and .emacs settings could do this? This is GNOME 3 on X on CentOS 7.










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  • Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 20:24











  • emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 11 at 21:36











  • This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 8:52











  • I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 12 at 17:16











  • In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 17:24
















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My emacs is coming up really small, and this is how I'm launching it:



[jah@localhost ~]$ xrdb -query -all
Xcursor.size: 24
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb
[jah@localhost ~]$ emacs -q


enter image description here



What else besides X resources and .emacs settings could do this? This is GNOME 3 on X on CentOS 7.










share|improve this question























  • Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 20:24











  • emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 11 at 21:36











  • This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 8:52











  • I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 12 at 17:16











  • In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 17:24














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My emacs is coming up really small, and this is how I'm launching it:



[jah@localhost ~]$ xrdb -query -all
Xcursor.size: 24
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb
[jah@localhost ~]$ emacs -q


enter image description here



What else besides X resources and .emacs settings could do this? This is GNOME 3 on X on CentOS 7.










share|improve this question














My emacs is coming up really small, and this is how I'm launching it:



[jah@localhost ~]$ xrdb -query -all
Xcursor.size: 24
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb
[jah@localhost ~]$ emacs -q


enter image description here



What else besides X resources and .emacs settings could do this? This is GNOME 3 on X on CentOS 7.







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  • Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 20:24











  • emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 11 at 21:36











  • This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 8:52











  • I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 12 at 17:16











  • In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 17:24



















  • Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 20:24











  • emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 11 at 21:36











  • This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 8:52











  • I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 12 at 17:16











  • In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

    – harrymc
    Feb 12 at 17:24

















Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

– harrymc
Feb 11 at 20:24





Try running Emacs -Q. If this doesn't help, does -mm start it as maximized? Could you post your .emacs file?

– harrymc
Feb 11 at 20:24













emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 11 at 21:36





emacs -Q exhibits the same behavior for me as emacs -q. emacs -Q -mm does, in fact, start maximized. I don't think my .emacs file is relevant if I'm using -q or -Q, is it? Renaming it to something else also doesn't fix the problem.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 11 at 21:36













This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

– harrymc
Feb 12 at 8:52





This is one weird problem. Maybe you should uninstall emacs, search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install.

– harrymc
Feb 12 at 8:52













I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 12 at 17:16





I'm going to call this my fault. I had forgotten I was running an emacs 25 that I built. There must have been something wrong with the build.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 12 at 17:16













In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

– harrymc
Feb 12 at 17:24





In this case my comment above would have probably solved the problem, so I put it up as an answer.

– harrymc
Feb 12 at 17:24










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This problem happens with a locally compiled version of emacs.



The solution to this uncommon behavior would be to uninstall emacs,
search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install from the repository.






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  • Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 17:22











  • Weird - it wasn't me!

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:03











  • I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:04











  • I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 19:09











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This problem happens with a locally compiled version of emacs.



The solution to this uncommon behavior would be to uninstall emacs,
search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install from the repository.






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  • Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 17:22











  • Weird - it wasn't me!

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:03











  • I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:04











  • I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 19:09
















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+50









This problem happens with a locally compiled version of emacs.



The solution to this uncommon behavior would be to uninstall emacs,
search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install from the repository.






share|improve this answer
























  • Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 17:22











  • Weird - it wasn't me!

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:03











  • I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:04











  • I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 19:09














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+50







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+50





This problem happens with a locally compiled version of emacs.



The solution to this uncommon behavior would be to uninstall emacs,
search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install from the repository.






share|improve this answer













This problem happens with a locally compiled version of emacs.



The solution to this uncommon behavior would be to uninstall emacs,
search and delete all emacs folders and files, then re-install from the repository.







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  • Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 17:22











  • Weird - it wasn't me!

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:03











  • I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:04











  • I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 19:09



















  • Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 17:22











  • Weird - it wasn't me!

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:03











  • I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

    – Jim Hunziker
    Feb 19 at 19:04











  • I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

    – harrymc
    Feb 19 at 19:09

















Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

– harrymc
Feb 19 at 17:22





Downvoting an accepted answer. Interesting.

– harrymc
Feb 19 at 17:22













Weird - it wasn't me!

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 19 at 19:03





Weird - it wasn't me!

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 19 at 19:03













I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 19 at 19:04





I don't understand why the question got a bunch of upvotes, frankly. I wanted to delete it, but I didn't want you to lose your bounty or get in trouble for deleting a question with an answer.

– Jim Hunziker
Feb 19 at 19:04













I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

– harrymc
Feb 19 at 19:09





I wouldn't delete. Yes, it was your doing, but it could happen to others that do the same thing.

– harrymc
Feb 19 at 19:09


















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