Using -mm then unmaximize causes much swapping

Using -mm then unmaximize causes much swapping

[David Hume]

I've noticed that if I launch emacs with the -mm option it all works
well until I click the unmaximize button, then emacs tries to create
such a hugely wide window that the system goes swapping mad. I am not
sure if this is down to my setup. I am using xdm/icewm and emacs 24.3.1
64 bit.

Does anyone else see this?

Re: Using -mm then unmaximize causes much swapping

[Tassilo Horn]

David Hume <David.Hume@hushmail.com> writes:

Hi David,

> I've noticed that if I launch emacs with the -mm option it all works
> well until I click the unmaximize button, then emacs tries to create
> such a hugely wide window that the system goes swapping mad. I am not
> sure if this is down to my setup. I am using xdm/icewm and emacs
> 24.3.1 64 bit.

Hm, with

  emacs-24.3 -Q -mm

the initial emacs frame is not maximized at all here (which is a bug in
its own respect), and with

  emacs -Q -mm

which is the current bzr trunk it is maximized and unmaximizing sets it
back to the same frame size as emacs -Q would have resulted in.

Bye,
Tassilo

Re: Using -mm then unmaximize causes much swapping

[Tassilo Horn]

David Hume <David.Hume@hushmail.com> writes:

Hi David,

>>   emacs-24.3 -Q -mm
>>
>> the initial emacs frame is not maximized at all here (which is a bug in
>> its own respect), and with
>>
>>   emacs -Q -mm
>>
>> which is the current bzr trunk it is maximized and unmaximizing sets
>> it back to the same frame size as emacs -Q would have resulted in.
>
> I see the same effect with /emacs -Q -mm/

Well, then the problem probably resides in your ~/.emacs although I have
no idea which customization might cause such a problem.

What you could also try is not using your window manager's
maximize/unmaximize button but emacs' `toggle-frame-maximized' command
instead.

Bye,
Tassilo