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I can resize the emacs frame to whatever size by mouse, is there a way that the frame size be set in init.el by pixels? Or anything similar in the window manager?

Dan
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godblessfq
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    See the manual node on Frame Size and Position. I found this with a web search for "emacs frame pixels". – Dan Sep 28 '15 at 14:09
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    The default-frame-alist can be used to come very close, but only pixelwise on OSX with the latest patch in bug number 21415: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21415 For exact sizes, adjusting after the fact is necessary with set-frame-size using the optional pixelwise argument. I'll put in a request for Emacs on Microsoft Windows later on today. Most people use toggle-frame-maximized or other full-frame arguments in make-frame or the default-frame-alist, but if the user wants a specific size that is not full-screen, then set-frame-size is the way to go if not OSX – lawlist Sep 28 '15 at 14:20
  • See also the initial-frame-alist: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Initial-Parameters.html – lawlist Sep 28 '15 at 14:39
  • Per @Dan comment, possible new location manual node – Liam May 23 '20 at 13:06

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I have a screen with resolution of 1024X600, but i set the display to 1024X724, here is my solution.

(setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)
(set-frame-position (selected-frame) 0 0)
(set-frame-size (selected-frame) 1024 600 t)
godblessfq
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As of October 13, 2015, Feature request #21415 has been incorporated into the master branch (aka Emacs trunk), such that frame creation may now include a pixel specification -- this includes items such as the initial-frame-alist, default-frame-alist, and the make-frame function. The git commit identification number is d4fe840df0b5fdb3aed538fae2ced143a471f60a. It is built-in to the public release of Emacs 25.

Example of usage for the width parameter: '(width . (text-pixels . 1900))

Example of usage for the height parameter: '(height . (text-pixels . 1054))

Here is an example using make-frame -- the font I have chosen is available on OSX 10.6.8 (substitute your own favorite font in the example accordingly):

(defun my-example-make-frame ()
"Doc-string."
(interactive)
  (make-frame '((name . "HELLO-WORLD")
                (font . "-*-Courier-normal-normal-normal-*-18-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1")
                (top . 100)
                (left . 100)
                (left-fringe . 8)
                (right-fringe . 8)
                (vertical-scroll-bars . right)
                (cursor-color . "yellow")
                (cursor-type . (bar . 1))
                (background-color . "black")
                (foreground-color . "white")
                (tool-bar-lines . 0)
                (menu-bar-lines . 0)
                (width . (text-pixels . 400))
                (height . (text-pixels . 400)))))
lawlist
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