When I start Emacs (by clicking on a desktop icon), its frame is too big for the screen, so the mode-line/mini-buffer area is not visible.
It's not difficult to resize and reposition the frame, but it is irritating to have to do this every time one starts Emacs.
How can I preserve the size of the Emacs window across sessions?
Just as @Drew states. I use this:
(defconst frame-default-top 0 "The 'top' position property of a frame.")
(defconst frame-default-left 0 "The 'left' position property of a frame.")
(defconst frame-default-height 60 "The default frame height.")
(defconst frame-default-width 188 "The default frame width.")
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'left frame-default-left))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'top frame-default-top))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'height frame-default-height))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'width frame-default-width))
If you want only the initial frame use initial-frame-alist. I set both which is probably overkill.
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist (cons 'left frame-default-left))
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist (cons 'top frame-default-top))
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist (cons 'height frame-default-height))
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist (cons 'width frame-default-width))
Customize option default-frame-alist, in particular by providing a helpful value for frame parameter height:
M-x customize-option RET default-frame-alist RET
Be sure to save your changes to the value.
See the Elisp manual, nodes Initial Parameters and Size Parameters.
A slightly more concise version:
;; Set Frame width/height
(setq default-frame-alist
'((top . 25) (left . 275) (width . 105) (height . 60)))
This makes the frame centered and approximately 2/3 of a 13inch laptop screen.
