From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18637: 24.4.50; doc of frame parameter DISPLAY vs actual value on MS Windows Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <<12fc196e-cc82-4f22-8d2f-cede95542ea7@default>> <<83vbnymi0h.fsf@gnu.org>> <<83tx3imhdg.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412564188 29294 80.91.229.3 (6 Oct 2014 02:56:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 02:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18637@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , drew.adams@oracle.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 06 04:56:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XayTF-0001VL-9T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2014 04:56:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49744 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XayTE-0002pL-S5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48300) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XayT4-0002p2-Go for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:56:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XaySw-0007Hf-QT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:56:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XaySw-0007HX-N3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XaySw-00034q-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:56:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18637 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18637-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18637.141256415711805 (code B ref 18637); Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18637) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Oct 2014 02:55:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35134 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XaySq-00034K-JD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:55:57 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:27751) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XaySo-00034C-Gu for 18637@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:55:55 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s962tqNG009608 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 6 Oct 2014 02:55:53 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s962tpH4009532 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 6 Oct 2014 02:55:52 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s962tpgS009523; Mon, 6 Oct 2014 02:55:51 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83tx3imhdg.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:94195 Archived-At: > > > In (elisp) `Basic Parameters' I see this description of frame > > > parameter `display': > > > > > > The display on which to open this frame. It should be a > > > string of the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"', just like the > > > `DISPLAY' environment variable. >=20 > Btw, this is not the best place in the manual to read about this. > A better one is "Multiple Terminals", where it says explicitly > that this is only relevant on X. The index entry "displays, > multiple" leads to that node. As a matter of fact, that is the node I started with, when trying to find out about such things. Please see this help-gnu-emacs thread, where I mention that node and provide some context. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2014-10/msg00099.html Is there no support for multiple monitors on MS Windows? That's really what I was looking for info about, along with general info about Emacs display on multiple monitors. When looking, I came across the doc for `display-monitor-attributes-list' and `frame-monitor-attributes'. I was not able to find out how to obtain info about which monitor is being used to show a particular frame, or how to specify which monitor to use to display a particular frame. The symptom reported was that by modifying a frame's parameters to restore its previous values of `top', `left', `width' and `height', the frame got moved to another monitor, for some reason. I don't have multiple monitors, to try things out, but I was looking for some info in the manual that might explain what the OP reports.