Re: Patch to fix frame positioning bug on Windows with (make-frame '((left . -1)))

["Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

> Using Emacs built from CVS source code on Windows XP, the frame created
> using the following Emacs-Lisp code is positioned such that the
> rightmost 7 pixels of the frame are off the right edge of the screen:
>
>   (make-frame '((width . 80) (height . 20) (top . 0) (left . -1)))
>
> Those 7 pixels encompass the border of the Windows frame and some of  
> the
> right fringe.  This may have been caused by revision 1.220 of w32term.c
> in which function x_calc_absolute_position() was changed:
>
>   revision 1.220
>   date: 2004/12/11 21:12:45;  author: jhd;  state: Exp;  lines: +0 -30
>   * w32term.c (x_calc_absolute_position): Remove calculation of
>   difference between inner and outer window.  Don't subtract difference
>   for left and top calculations.
>
> The below patch solves the problem but it may not be optimal because it
> simply subtracts 7 from the computed value of f->left_pos.

Can you verify if your change has any impact on this bug:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2004-11/ 
msg00519.html

This was the reason a change was made.  It may be impossible to get  
Emacs to work correctly on W32.  Just adding 7 is no good, as you self  
pointed out, a more general solution must be found.

	Jan D.