Re: Should https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-MS_002dWindows.html be renamed to Maxmize-mode-on-MS_002dWindows.html ?

[David Hedlund <public@beloved.name>]

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On 9/30/23 21:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:06:52 +0200
>> From: David Hedlund<public@beloved.name>
>>
>> Do these two methods not work, or have some downside?  If they do
>> work, then we could perhaps _add_ an alternative solution, but I don't
>> see why we should _replace_ the existing one(s).
>>
>> I agree that it should be added (not replaced).
> OK.
>
>> Next, the alternative solution does have a drawback, albeit a minor
>> one: it uses early-init.el, something that is explicitly NOT
>> recommended for display-related customizations.  It evidently works in
>> this case, but advertising this in the FAQ flies in the face of our
>> general recommendation not to do this kind of stuff there.
> Specifically, the Emacs user manual says:
>
>       We do not recommend that you move into ‘early-init.el’ customizations
>    that can be left in the normal init files.  That is because the early
>    init file is read before the GUI is initialized, so customizations
>    related to GUI features will not work reliably in ‘early-init.el’.  By
>    contrast, the normal init files are read after the GUI is initialized.
>    If you must have customizations in the early init file that rely on GUI
>    features, make them run off hooks provided by the Emacs startup, such as
>    ‘window-setup-hook’ or ‘tty-setup-hook’.  *Note Hooks::.
>
> So I wonder whether we should advertise the suggested addition for
> early-init file.  Stefan, WDYT?
>
>> While we're speaking about this, this is a relevant question regarding the issue for GNU/Linux: So
>> even "(push '(fullscreen . maximized) default-frame-alist)" to ~/.emacs.d/early-init.el is the only
>> solution to automatically maximize emacs without the visually distracting effect in GNU/Linux, should
>> it not be added to the FAQ to a new section, say
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-GNU-Linux.htm?
>> Just "(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook 'toggle-frame-maximized)" to the top ~/.emacs file if it has a
>> common size (say 100 lines), will cause it to maximize the windows but not without the visually
>> distracting effect.
> Is this indeed a "frequently-asked" question, about GNU/Linux?

Yes.

> If it
> is, I'm okay with adding such a section, or even rewriting this
> section (and renaming it) to make it not Windows-specific.  But we do
> not usually add here answers for questions just because they _could_
> be asked.  Again, I'd like to hear Stefan's opinion on this.
>

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