Adding more columns to width of frame

Adding more columns to width of frame

[Judith]

Hello,

   I have been searching for the right commands to resize the width of
the frames. I am using Emacs v21.3.1 under x86_64-linux.

    I load ESS because I like running R within emacs, but I would like
to resize the display that appears in the R buffer. I handle data
frames with many columns and although I am able to resize the window,
the display is istill restricted to the same width, which seems to be
approximately 80 characters. What confuses me is the fact that this
restriction doesn't apply to the buffer containing the R script. I am
guessing that I need to make changes somewhere else andnot to .emacs?

    I tried the following command in .emacs without success.

(setq initial-frame-alist '(width .150))

    Any help will be very appreciated.

Thank you,


Judith

RE: Adding more columns to width of frame

[Drew Adams]

>    I have been searching for the right commands to resize the width of
> the frames. I am using Emacs v21.3.1 under x86_64-linux.
> 
>     I load ESS because I like running R within emacs, but I would like
> to resize the display that appears in the R buffer. I handle data
> frames with many columns and although I am able to resize the window,
> the display is istill restricted to the same width, which seems to be
> approximately 80 characters. What confuses me is the fact that this
> restriction doesn't apply to the buffer containing the R script. I am
> guessing that I need to make changes somewhere else andnot to .emacs?
> 
>     I tried the following command in .emacs without success.
> (setq initial-frame-alist '(width .150))

To set the width of the current frame:

(set-frame-width nil 150)

Or make it a command:

(defun my-set-frame-width (width)
  "..."
  (interactive "nWidth: ")
  (set-frame-width nil width))

Or use commands `enlarge-frame-horizontally' and `shrink-frame-horizontally':
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/frame-cmds.el

Or use command `fit-frame' to fit a one-window frame to its buffer:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/fit-frame.el

If you want to always set the same frame to a given width:
(set-frame-width my-frame 150)

If you only know the buffer name, not the frame name, display the buffer, select
its window, and then set the selected frame's width:

(select-window (get-buffer-window my-buffer 'visible))
(set-frame-width (selected-frame) 150)

Re: Adding more columns to width of frame

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 09.07.2008 um 01:59 schrieb Judith:

> (setq initial-frame-alist '(width .150))


	(setq initial-frame-alist '(width . 150))

would be better. There is also default-frame-alist, which works for  
all other frames.


An upgrade to GNU Emacs 22.2 might be worth a consideration. Could be  
both Emacsen can coexist in your Linux.

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   Pete

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