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From: Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2008-08-26@kanis.fr>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proposal for a new API to fullscreen
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:59:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hc9erjrf.fsf@kanis.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3tzdhrqjd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Ivan" == Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2008-08-24@kanis.fr> writes:
>
> Ivan> (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth)
>
> Ivan> However this is very ambiguous, it does fullscreen on Gnome and
> Ivan> maximise on Mac and Windows.
>
> Ivan> I propose a new API to solve the ambiguity:
> Ivan> (fullscreen-mode 1)
>
> I think it would be better to have 'fullboth mean "full screen", and
> then add a new parameter value, 'maximize, that means maximize.
> My reasoning is that really only one of these settings makes sense at
> a time, and both are useful.
>
> Tom

Hello Tom, I got a bit carried away with my patch yesterday ;) I think
your proposal is more sensible and less traumatic for users.
-- 
Ivan
http://kanis.fr

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not
bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
    -- Mark Twain 





  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-21  5:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-19  7:46 Proposal for a new API to fullscreen Ivan Kanis
2008-08-19  9:31 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19  9:58   ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-19 10:26     ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 11:11       ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-19 11:36         ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 11:59           ` Ivan Kanis
2008-08-19 12:13             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 13:31               ` Ivan Kanis
2008-08-19 13:40                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 13:42                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 12:47             ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 13:49               ` Jan Djärv
2008-08-19 14:00                 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 15:11             ` Tom Tromey
2008-08-19 18:52               ` Jan Djärv
2008-08-19  9:59   ` Andreas Schwab
2008-08-19 10:25     ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 10:56       ` Andreas Schwab
2008-08-19 13:08 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-19 13:42   ` Ivan Kanis
2008-08-19 16:53     ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-19 17:52       ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-19 17:57         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 18:14           ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-19 18:32             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 18:33             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-19 18:14           ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-20  9:42         ` Ivan Kanis
2008-08-20 12:16           ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-20 13:06             ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-20 13:46               ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-20 15:21               ` [PATCH] " Ivan Kanis
2008-08-19 15:08 ` Tom Tromey
2008-08-21  5:59   ` Ivan Kanis [this message]
2008-08-23  8:03   ` [PATCH] adding maximize to fullscreen frame parameters Ivan Kanis
2008-08-23 18:09     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-24  8:23       ` Ivan Kanis
2008-08-24 18:12         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-26  6:57           ` Ivan Kanis
2008-09-19 11:35             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)

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