David Hedlund wrote:So my original email suggest a complete solution, is this something we can add to a new page, https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-GNU-Linux.html and then update it with improved solutions in the future?Subject URL was new for me if nothing else :P
Methods to always maximize `emacs` (for example, from Alt+F2 in MATE), without the slightly distracting visual effect when the default frame size is growing to fullscreen. The window will be maximized quickly, like "emacs --maximize".
GNU/Linux - proposed new section:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-GNU-Linux.html
As far as I know, this cannot be done entirely with Emacs LISP
for GNU/Linux, but I found a workaround by combining it with
devilspie2.
* Step 1 to quickly maximize the window[1]: Install, configure,
and autostart devilspie2 to nearly maximize emacs[1]. Run this
in a terminal or as a script:
# Install devilspie2
sudo apt-get -y install devilspie2
# Configure devilspie2
mkdir -p ~/.config/devilspie2/
width="$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}' |
cut -d 'x' -f1)"
height="$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}'
| cut -d 'x' -f2)"
tee ~/.config/devilspie2/emacs.lua /dev/null << EOF
if (get_class_instance_name() == "emacs") then
set_window_geometry(0, 0, $width, $height);
end
EOF
# Autostart devilspie2
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/autostart/" # The directory does not
exist by default
cd "$HOME/.config/autostart/" || exit
file="devilspie-2.desktop"
touch "$file"
desktop-file-edit \
--set-name="Devilspie 2" \
--set-comment="Perform scripted actions on windows as they are
created" \
--set-key="Type" --set-value="Application" \
--set-key="Exec" --set-value="devilspie2" \
--set-key="X-MATE-Autostart-Delay" --set-value="0" \
"$file"
desktop-file-validate "$file"
* Step 2 to quickly maximize the window[1]: Add this to
~/.emacs: (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen .
maximized))
* Log out and then log back into your desktop environment
* Every time you open `emacs`, regardless how you are opening
it, it will open the window equally fast as `emacs --maximize`
[1]: Workaround to bug: maximize* commands don't work for Emacs
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?63979
The above steps can of course be rewritten and described for general use to make it useful for any GNU/Linux distro.