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Although I've been using emacs for years, today was the first time I
set out to write a substantial (to me) function from first principles.
Below is what I came up with.  I wonder if anyone has a suggestion or
opinion on how it might have been done better, differently, or more in
the spirit of the emacs zeitgeist?  

(defun open-tall-frames ()
  "Open two tall frames."
  (interactive)
  (let ( (frame-parameters 
	  '((width . 80)
	    (height . 60)
	    (minibuffer . t)
	    (window-system . x)))
	 (frame1 (make-frame frame-parameters))
	 (frame2 (make-frame frame-parameters))
	 )
  (set-frame-position frame1 -1 0)
  (set-frame-position frame2 (- (frame-pixel-width frame1)) 0)
))

--jkl