From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Solution to a proposed FAQ, how to maximize emacs quickly (like `emacs --maximize`) for GNU/Linux Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:09:40 +0200 Message-ID: <8734yxhsfv.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <19e53542-bfb0-4e48-8845-01fd34d93dbb@beloved.name> <87zg19ja6k.fsf@thaodan.de> <87lecsd0ob.fsf@dataswamp.org> <17c5289f-2549-48b6-a1ef-9497a375ee5e@beloved.name> <08e27ad4-f7b6-4177-9b34-6412122812c1@beloved.name> <87v8bviw8p.fsf@dataswamp.org> <84ec22ac-299e-4849-adaf-e604d20218a6@beloved.name> <874jjdx4jv.fsf@thaodan.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17289"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:JSVuELqVfa/RH5Y4OmRB33/k58U= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 29 19:22:53 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qmHCX-0004EX-Bw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:22:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qmHCH-0003YM-IB; Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qmG41-0005E2-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qmG3q-0004om-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qmG3n-000A90-EJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:09:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:22:35 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:311180 Archived-At: Björn Bidar wrote: >> Also, the wmctrl solution requires the package to be >> installed > > Same for any other external solution such as your > recommended solution devilspie2. Of course, for the external solution to work you need the external solution. A solution that is external but maybe feels more integrated is to have the window manager maximize the window, should be just up its alley. One can also have the window manager execute external commands for that matter. Here is an example for openbsd-cwm(1) which I use on Debian https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.cwmrc -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal