Re: modify-frame-parameters fails on 'top and 'left

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

James Marks wrote:

> In GNU Emacs 21.3.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit)
>  of 2003-05-22 on pkg
> configured using `configure  --prefix=/pkg/gnu --with-gcc 
> --x-includes=/usr/openwin/include:/usr/dt/include 
> --x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib --with-x 
> --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-xpm 
> --with-tiff --with-jpeg --with-gif --with-png --without-gcc'
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: C
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: C
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: C
>   locale-coding-system: nil
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
> 
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> 
> (modify-frame-parameters nil '((top . 100) (left . 200)))
> 
> I entered above elisp code into the *scratch* window and ran 
> eval-last-sexp on it.  The frame was positioned at (0, 0) to start.
> 
> The frame appears to jump briefly to (100, 200) and immediately jumps
> back to (0, 0).


Works for me:

In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.7, X toolkit)
  of 2003-04-24 on briard


> The same command run under xemacs-21.5-b5 works correctly, leaving the 
> frame at (100, 200)

Irrelevant.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers