Hallo all,

is there any way to set the default window size of emacs in .emacs?
I.e. to achieve the same effect as starting with --geometry=width x
height? If not, is there any workaround for that, i.e., placing some
default command line options in an environment variable?

For a given window, is there any way to locally restrict the width to
a certain value? I.e., say the window has width 200, but in a certain
buffer I don't want to exceed the 80 signs limit.

Thanks a lot. Best,

Stephan

Customize option `default-frame-alist'. See the Emacs manual, keeping in mind
that what you call "window" (a window-manager window) is called a "frame" in
Emacs.

2008/9/13 Drew Adams oracle.com>

This customization I also use.
In Debian 4.0 I get about 5 sec delay on emacs start up
(on Windows - ok), but feature very useful.
There is exist way edit .Xdefault if you on UNIX
(analogue as set up env var), man can help how it do.

Another related question: how to fit emacs windows to all screen size?