On 9/26/23 16:12, Björn Bidar wrote:
> David Hedlund<public@beloved.name>  writes:
>
>> As far as I know, this cannot be done entirely with Emacs LISP for
>> GNU/Linux, but I found a workaround by combining it with devilspie2.
>>
>> [1]: Workaround to bug: maximize* commands don't work for Emacs -
>> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?63979
> There are a few ways to achieve this on Linux. The Emacs wiki has a some
> examples, e.g:
>
> (defun toggle-fullscreen ()
>    "Toggle full screen on X11"
>    (interactive)
>    (when (eq window-system 'x)
>      (set-frame-parameter
>       nil 'fullscreen
>       (when (not (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)) 'fullboth))))
>
> Or:
> (defun switch-full-screen ()
>         (interactive)
>         (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -btoggle,fullscreen"))
>
> The first example also could work with PGTK, but the example only checks for
> window system of x build .


Thank you, but none of the solutions worked in Trisquel 11 (X11).


>   I'm not sure how exactly fullscreen should be
> done on Wayland.
>
> Is the builtin function `toggle-frame-fullscreen` enough?
>
That will open emacs in full screen mode, as the subject says I want it 
to maximize. However, as a side note, I observed that 
toggle-frame-fullscreen expands the buffer quickly (like `emacs 
--maximize`) which gives me hope.