* Setting geometry for second frame ??
@ 2009-09-12 12:03 William Case
2009-09-12 18:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: William Case @ 2009-09-12 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Help List
Hi;
How do you set the size of a secondary frame?
My Xresources file is set to 'Emacs.Geometry: 80x55+96+35'. That size,
generally speaking, is the default size I am most comfortable with.
However, I have a key binding that opens a second frame containing a
text file in which I keep my notes as I am working.
(global-set-key [(super f1)] (lambda()
(interactive)(find-file-other-frame
"~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt")))
I want this second frame to open with a geometry of 75x55 so that I can
fit two frames, side-by-side, on my desktop. I don't want to change my
Xresources file unless there is a safe way to write a conditional
command in Xresources, nor compromise on my default setting.
Is there a way to do this using a key binding to an existing function or
do I have to write my own function? If I have to write my own function,
could you outline which functions and/or variables I might need to use?
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ??
2009-09-12 12:03 Setting geometry for second frame ?? William Case
@ 2009-09-12 18:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
2009-09-13 2:13 ` Wang Lei
2009-09-13 19:10 ` Setting geometry for second frame ?? [SOLVED - with Thanks] William Case
[not found] ` <mailman.6599.1252869121.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2009-09-12 18:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> How do you set the size of a secondary frame?
>
> My Xresources file is set to 'Emacs.Geometry: 80x55+96+35'. That size,
> generally speaking, is the default size I am most comfortable with.
> However, I have a key binding that opens a second frame containing a
> text file in which I keep my notes as I am working.
>
> (global-set-key [(super f1)] (lambda()
> (interactive)(find-file-other-frame
> "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt")))
>
> I want this second frame to open with a geometry of 75x55 so that I can
> fit two frames, side-by-side, on my desktop. I don't want to change my
> Xresources file unless there is a safe way to write a conditional
> command in Xresources, nor compromise on my default setting.
>
> Is there a way to do this using a key binding to an existing function or
> do I have to write my own function? If I have to write my own function,
> could you outline which functions and/or variables I might need to use?
(let ((default-frame-alist `((height . 75) (width . 55) ,@default-frame-alist)))
(find-file-other-frame "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt"))
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ??
2009-09-12 18:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2009-09-13 2:13 ` Wang Lei
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wang Lei @ 2009-09-13 2:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Maybe you can have a look at
default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist.
On 9/13/09, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> wrote:
> William Case wrote:
>> Hi;
>>
>> How do you set the size of a secondary frame?
>>
>> My Xresources file is set to 'Emacs.Geometry: 80x55+96+35'. That size,
>> generally speaking, is the default size I am most comfortable with.
>> However, I have a key binding that opens a second frame containing a
>> text file in which I keep my notes as I am working.
>>
>> (global-set-key [(super f1)] (lambda()
>> (interactive)(find-file-other-frame
>> "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt")))
>>
>> I want this second frame to open with a geometry of 75x55 so that I can
>> fit two frames, side-by-side, on my desktop. I don't want to change my
>> Xresources file unless there is a safe way to write a conditional
>> command in Xresources, nor compromise on my default setting.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this using a key binding to an existing function or
>> do I have to write my own function? If I have to write my own function,
>> could you outline which functions and/or variables I might need to use?
>
> (let ((default-frame-alist `((height . 75) (width . 55)
> ,@default-frame-alist)))
> (find-file-other-frame "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt"))
>
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
> Denver, Colorado, USA
>
>
>
>
--
Regards
Lei
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ?? [SOLVED - with Thanks]
2009-09-12 12:03 Setting geometry for second frame ?? William Case
2009-09-12 18:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2009-09-13 19:10 ` William Case
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From: William Case @ 2009-09-13 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Help List
On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 08:03 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
I ended up using
(setq default-frame-alist '((width . 75) (height . 55) (menu-bar-lines .
1)) -- in my ~/.emacs as suggested by customize. However, Keven
Rodgers suggested
(let ((default-frame-alist `((width . 75) (height .
55) ,@default-frame-alist)))
(find-file-other-frame "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt"))
which I fooled around with quite a bit but I couldn't find a meaning for
@default-frame-alist. Is this a typo or am I missing some good stuff I
should be learning (i.e. the '@'prefix on a variable). I checked info
etc.
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ?? [SOLVED - with Thanks]
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@ 2009-09-13 19:50 ` Joost Kremers
2009-09-14 14:22 ` William Case
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From: Joost Kremers @ 2009-09-13 19:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
William Case wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 08:03 -0400, William Case wrote:
> (let ((default-frame-alist `((width . 75) (height .
> 55) ,@default-frame-alist)))
> (find-file-other-frame "~/Documents/C/Text/C-Notes.txt"))
>
> which I fooled around with quite a bit but I couldn't find a meaning for
> @default-frame-alist. Is this a typo or am I missing some good stuff I
> should be learning (i.e. the '@'prefix on a variable). I checked info
> etc.
it's not `@', the comma goes with it:
(info "(elisp) Backquote")
--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ?? [SOLVED - with Thanks]
2009-09-13 19:50 ` Joost Kremers
@ 2009-09-14 14:22 ` William Case
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: William Case @ 2009-09-14 14:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joost Kremers; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Thanks Joost;
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 19:50 +0000, Joost Kremers wrote:
> William Case wrote:
> it's not `@', the comma goes with it:
>
> (info "(elisp) Backquote")
>
I looked up ',@'' in the elisp manual as you suggested. It took me a
few minutes to get my head around its use. But being able to insert a
list within a list will be handy little thing to know.
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1
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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ??
@ 2009-09-12 12:24 martin rudalics
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: martin rudalics @ 2009-09-12 12:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: billlinux; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
> I want this second frame to open with a geometry of 75x55 so that I can
> fit two frames, side-by-side, on my desktop. I don't want to change my
> Xresources file unless there is a safe way to write a conditional
> command in Xresources, nor compromise on my default setting.
>
> Is there a way to do this using a key binding to an existing function or
> do I have to write my own function? If I have to write my own function,
> could you outline which functions and/or variables I might need to use?
You might want to look at the functions `dframe-frame-mode' and
`dframe-reposition-frame' and how the speedbar uses them.
martin
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