* 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 12:24 martin rudalics
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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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* Re: Setting geometry for second frame ??
2009-09-12 12:03 William Case
@ 2009-09-12 18:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
2009-09-13 2:13 ` Wang Lei
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
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; 4+ 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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