Downloaded the cvs as of last night (I use openoffice too!) and have noticed that when I start X - I start an emacs session in my .xsession - it doesn't resize properly - my .emacs has a change in font size causing a resize - the emacs window is resized (by emacs) but the actual window isn't. I get part of the window shown and as soon as I attempt to resize it leps out to its correct size
R -- Robert Marshall
