Re: Solution to a proposed FAQ, how to maximize emacs quickly (like `emacs --maximize`) for GNU/Linux

[David Hedlund <public@beloved.name>]

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On 9/29/23 01:26, Björn Bidar wrote:
> David Hedlund<public@beloved.name>  writes:
>
>> On 9/27/23 17:10, David Hedlund wrote:
>>>
>>> On 9/27/23 17:07, David Hedlund wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/27/23 15:25, Emanuel Berg wrote:
>>>>> David Hedlund wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> sudo apt install -y emacs wmctrl # Just press Enter during the
>>>>>> "Postfix Configuration"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tee ~/.emacs > /dev/null << 'EOF'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (defun switch-full-screen ()
>>>>>>          (interactive)
>>>>>>          (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,fullscreen"))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EOF
>>>>> Yes, do that and then M-x switch-full-screen RET
>>>>>
>>>>> or just type
>>>>>
>>>>>     (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,fullscreen")
>>>>>
>>>>> and do C-x C-e for `eval-last-sexp'.
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't work?
>>>>>
>>>> Sorry, it works, I just expected the snippet from Emacs wiki to
>>>> work out-of-the-box automatically. But I had to add: (add-hook
>>>> 'after-init-hook 'switch-full-screen)  . Also, "toggle" is useless
>>>> for wmctrl in this situation, so I replaced it with "add", and I
>>>> replaced "fullscreen" with "maximized_horz,maximized_vert"
>>>>
>>>> Here's the final solution for X11 (Trisquel, Ubuntu MATE), but not
>>>> for Wayland (Ubuntu):
>>>> (defun switch-full-screen ()
>>>>          (interactive)
>>>>          (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_horz,maximized_vert"))
>>> Sorry, I forgot to add (add-hook 'after-init-hook
>>> 'switch-full-screen). Here's everything:
>>>
>>>
>>> (defun switch-full-screen ()
>>>          (interactive)
>>>          (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_horz,maximized_vert"))
>>> (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'switch-full-screen)
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry, I just found out that even if it's added to the top of
>> ~/.emacs, this will not expand the buffer quickly like `emacs -mm` for
>> a typical ~/.emacs that need to load a lot of stuff. It will not
>> expand the buffer faster than
>>
>>      (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized)) -- so
>> it's a useless solution since it requires wmctrl
>>
>> Also, the wmctrl solution requires the package to be installed
>>
> Same for any other external solution such as  your recommended solution devilspie2.

I'm happy to inform that Chat just solved it without external programs, 
see the mail with subject "Re: Solution to a proposed FAQ, how to 
maximize emacs quickly (like `emacs --maximize`) for GNU/Linux - 
Improved solution by Chad: ~/.emacs.d/early-init.el"


>> Right now the only way to automaticall and always quickly expand the
>> buffer like `emacs -mm`, regardless the size of ~/.emacs, is to use
>> devilspie2 solution that I added in the first post in this thread.
> Call wmctrl hook in after-make-frame-functions.
>
I don't know Lisp. Can you please send the full Emacs Lisp code for that?


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