From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to start emacs in a maximized frame in X? Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:55:53 +0100 Message-ID: <457D2B29.30404@student.lu.se> References: <4nfybn2ybe.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1165830996 10078 80.91.229.10 (11 Dec 2006 09:56:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:56:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 11 10:56:35 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gthtb-00024E-3X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:56:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gthta-0006SN-JB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:56:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GthtC-0006RI-6A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GthtA-0006Qm-0X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:56:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtht9-0006Qj-Ru for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:55:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.76.149.212] (helo=ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gtht9-0004hU-JA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-24.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.24]:64419 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gtht4-0003kr-5S; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:55:57 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Original-To: Person In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0655-1, 2006-12-08), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Gtht4-0003kr-5S. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1Gtht4-0003kr-5S 96d20a76a335fa913013d9bbe69aa69d X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39413 Archived-At: Person wrote: > Leo wrote: >> * [2006.12.11 00:21 -0600] Person wrote: >> ^^^^^^ >> [...] >>> I am using the Windows version of 22.0.50.1 and I have wondered the >>> same thing under XP Pro. Setting the "Run: maximized" shortcut >>> property does nothing, and starting Emacs via: >>> >>> C:\Emacs\bin\runemacs.exe --fullscreen >>> >>> results in bad behavior - Emacs does not seem to realize that there is >>> a toolbar at the bottom of the screen and hence starts with the >>> minibuffer hidden behind it. Is there a Windows-safe version of >>> --fullscreen? >> >> That is because: >> >> * [2006.12.11 00:54 +0100] Lennart Borgman wrote: >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> [...] >>>> Fullscreen is supported in GNU Emacs 22 and later. >>>> >>> >>> Note however that this does not mean "maximized" on MS Windows. > > Yes, I saw that, that's why I was asking. Are you saying "no, there > is no Windows-safe version of --fullscreen"? Instead of --fullscreen you may try to put (w32-send-sys-command 61488) in .emacs. This should maximize the frame (or rather nearly maximize the frame since Emacs does not really support maximized windows on MS Windows yet).