Re: setting geometry for new frame

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

"mandar.mitra" <mandar.mitra@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to use make-frame to create a new frame at a specific
> location as follows:
>
> (make-frame '((left . +400) (top . +0)))
>
> But when I type this in the scratch buffer, and do an eval, the newly
> created frame doesn't follow my left and top specifications. Every
> time, the new frame seems to be created at roughly the same location
> relative to the initial frame.
>
> Is there some way to position a newly created frame at a specific
> location (as is done using the -geometry option of various X
> commands)?

1- The window manager has its say positionning new windows.  Are you
   sure it's not your window manager that overrides the frame
   position?


2- The function make-frame may have been advised, and some advice may
   modify the positionning parameters.  Evaluate:

    (append (ad-get-enabled-advices 'make-frame 'before)
            (ad-get-enabled-advices 'make-frame 'around))

3- Parameters may also come from the  default-frame-alist  variable
   and form the X resource file, but those passed to the make-frame
   function should shadow them.

4- Finally, you may position the frame after the fact with
   set-frame-position.


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__Pascal Bourguignon__