X settings, default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist issues.

X settings, default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist issues.

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Hi,
it seem impossible actually to have X default settings (i.e in
Xressources), default-frame-alist settings, and initial-frame-alist.
I want a default-frame-alist setting different than the one in
initial-frame-alist.
I followed the advices in docstring and info of initial-frame-alist:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Specify X resources to give the geometry you want.
* Set `default-frame-alist' to override these options so that they
  don't affect subsequent frames.
* Set `initial-frame-alist' in a way that matches the X resources,
  to override what you put in `default-frame-alist'.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I am using fullscreen => maximized in .Xressources
           fullscreen => nil       in default-frame-alist
           fullscreen => t         in initial-frame-alist

At every restart of emacs, frame is maximized as expected by the X
settings, then my init file load, and at end of startup, frame is
resized with (i guess) settings of default-frame-alist.

Did i miss something or it is a bug?

(i think this is related with another issue, see bug#9033)

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Re: X settings, default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist issues.

[Chong Yidong]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

> I am using fullscreen => maximized in .Xressources
>            fullscreen => nil       in default-frame-alist
>            fullscreen => t         in initial-frame-alist
>
> At every restart of emacs, frame is maximized as expected by the X
> settings, then my init file load, and at end of startup, frame is
> resized with (i guess) settings of default-frame-alist.

I don't understand what you are setting .Xresources.

  (setq initial-frame-alist '((fullscreen . maximized)))
  (setq default-frame-alist '((fullscreen . nil)))

should do what you want (if it does not, please be more specific).

Re: X settings, default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist issues.

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am using fullscreen => maximized in .Xressources
>>            fullscreen => nil       in default-frame-alist
>>            fullscreen => t         in initial-frame-alist
>>
>> At every restart of emacs, frame is maximized as expected by the X
>> settings, then my init file load, and at end of startup, frame is
>> resized with (i guess) settings of default-frame-alist.
>
> I don't understand what you are setting .Xresources.
You know what i mean ;-)
Read manual page of emacs and/or docstring of initial-frame-alist.

>   (setq initial-frame-alist '((fullscreen . maximized)))
>   (setq default-frame-alist '((fullscreen . nil)))
This is working unless i don't put in initial-frame-alist anything else.
Otherwise, default-frame-alist is overhiding these settings.

Anyway that is not what is recommended in both docstring and manual of
initial-frame-alist when we use X settings + default-frame-alist.

So docstring and manual should be updated to explain that clearly.

This was the purpose of this post and also help find what happen in
bug#9033.

Thanks anyway for your answer.

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