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 9/27/23 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)



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>
> This is a very compact and useful solution. Again, I suggest it to be documented in the Emacs Manual in a new page:https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-GNU-Linux.html
>
> Again, the devilspie2 solution is much longer, can be used for both X11 and Wayland.
>

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