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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: "luangruo@yahoo.com" <luangruo@yahoo.com>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Abysmal state of GTK build
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:16:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488C8B92FA8A80C8F3EEF94F37F9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837d2jn2k1.fsf@gnu.org>

> > > No, this means functions like `set-frame-position' can't move the
> > > frame on the screen.  The only way to move the frame is by the user
> > > dragging it with the mouse.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I don't know whether that limitation is necessary or justified in some
> > way, but I think that most users don't use `set-frame-position'.
> 
> Emacs itself uses set-frame-position.  It also moves frames on display
> via the 'top' and 'left' frame parameters.  One notable case where
> this happens is the desktop.el package, which restores frame and
> window configuration of a previous Emacs session.
> 
> So I think the inability to do that is quite a big deal for Emacs
> users.

+1.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-05 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-23  7:00 Abysmal state of GTK build Payas Relekar
2022-08-23  7:17 ` Po Lu
2022-08-23  7:21   ` Payas Relekar
2022-08-23  8:53     ` Po Lu
2022-08-23 13:08       ` Stefan Monnier
2022-08-24  1:16         ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  1:34           ` Stefan Monnier
2022-08-23 12:05   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-23 12:29     ` Po Lu
2022-08-23 12:41       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-23 12:59         ` Po Lu
2022-08-23 15:13           ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-08-23 15:18             ` Visuwesh
2022-08-23 16:09             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-23 16:41               ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-08-23 16:59                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-23 23:25                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-08-24  1:45                     ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  3:02                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-08-24  3:41                         ` Po Lu
2022-08-23 23:25             ` Tim Cross
2022-08-24  4:25               ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  1:36             ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  2:31               ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-08-24  3:23                 ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  3:52   ` Richard Stallman
2022-08-24  4:18     ` Po Lu
2022-08-24  8:52       ` Robert Pluim
2022-08-26  3:36       ` Richard Stallman
2022-08-26  4:34         ` Po Lu
2022-09-04  3:01           ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-04  5:14             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-05  4:03               ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-05  8:34               ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-05 14:12                 ` Po Lu
2022-09-05 14:29                   ` Emacs As a Wayland WM? " T.V Raman
2022-09-05 15:12                     ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-07 13:03                 ` Daniel Brooks
2022-09-05 16:16               ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-08-24  3:52 ` Richard Stallman

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