From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Position Parameters" in lispref/frames.texi Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:58 -0500 Message-ID: <4l4pd7vqvp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200883514 27988 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2008 02:45:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:45:14 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 21 03:45:32 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JGmfB-0006wQ-2c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:45:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGmel-00049C-IX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:45:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGmei-000490-E0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:45:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGmeg-00048Q-Tv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:45:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGmeg-00048N-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:58 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JGmeg-0004eI-Hh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:58 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JGmeg-0003Yj-7C; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:58 -0500 X-Spook: threat clandestine JFK propaganda Project Monarch USCOI X-Ran: oy`&|Gg,8n?SY{u-1|MwYd][HvW/3M}o`"oW;i-mp<0[WLbe*PbBEuS(Jmn|R{fWJi1+9) X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:32:21 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:87165 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: > The value may be a positive number POS, or a list of the form `(+ > POS)' which permits specifying a negative POS value. > > What? (+ POS) permits a negative POS value? Oh, is it trying to say that (+ -100) will shift the left edge 100 pixels to the _left_ of the left screen edge? This doesn't actually seem to work right now, which is what I think http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-01/msg00058.html is saying. > *Reminder:* if the parameter is a negative integer -POS, then POS > is positive. Still can't parse that...