From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How can I automatically determine the best frame-height? Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:19:00 +0300 Message-ID: References: <86tunzznhh.fsf@protonmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13605"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Wayne Harris Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 21 17:26:23 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lZEk9-0003Ko-1u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:26:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43862 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZEk8-0007ph-1m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:26:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38128) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZEhc-0005w4-Oi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:23:44 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:42035) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZEha-0005O9-OX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:23:44 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.57]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000002BEA5.000000006080437B.00005145; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:23:38 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Wayne Harris , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86tunzznhh.fsf@protonmail.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:129105 Archived-At: * Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-04-21 18:07]: > David Karr writes: > > > In my .emacs file, I have code like the following at the top: > > ------------- > > (set-frame-position (selected-frame) 0 0) > > (set-frame-height (selected-frame) 68) > > -------------- > > > > I typically run on a Windows 10 laptop, connecting to an external monitor. > > The frame height of 68 works out to put the status line just above the > > Windows status bar, when connecting to my usual monitor. > > > > Sometimes, I run the laptop without an external monitor. In that case, that > > startup code is a little annoying, as I then have to shrink and move the > > window a few times until I get it in the right position. > > > > Is there a better way to do this, so it will just automatically size itself > > so that the top is at the top of the screen, and the bottom is snug against > > the status bar? > > That is annoying. I use --fullheight on the command line. This could > be useful to you. At least on Windows it start up with the perfect > height for me. > > However, when I open a new frame, the new frame is taller than its > parent. I don't get why. All I wish was for the frame to keep the same > dimensions as the frame from which I issued the command. You can put this in your ~/.emacs.d/early-init.el (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized)) -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/