From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Bob Floyd" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8212: Emacs 23.3.rc2: Frame height setting lost when entire frame dragged around on screen Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:08:41 -0800 Message-ID: <003301cbdf45$d03eb8a0$70bc29e0$@net> References: <000601cbde9a$9e29a3d0$da7ceb70$@net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01CBDF02.C21B78A0" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1299778636 6150 80.91.229.12 (10 Mar 2011 17:37:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8212@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Ben Key'" , "'Juanma Barranquero'" , "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 10 18:37:10 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjnP-0001qU-S3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:37:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53725 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PxjnP-00068G-4b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:37:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47971 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PxjnE-00065U-MR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:36:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjnD-0002wo-2T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:36:56 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjnD-0002wR-0n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:36:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjME-0004VM-Bo; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:09:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <000601cbde9a$9e29a3d0$da7ceb70$@net> Resent-From: "Bob Floyd" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:09:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8212 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8212-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8212.129977692817296 (code B ref 8212); Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8212) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Mar 2011 17:08:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjLz-0004Uv-OE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:08:48 -0500 Original-Received: from qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.227]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PxjLx-0004Ue-Ox for 8212@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:08:46 -0500 Original-Received: from omta17.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.73]) by qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id HUvV1g00D1afHeLACV8gvN; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:08:40 +0000 Original-Received: from Cache ([71.202.16.94]) by omta17.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id HV8b1g00121mHQP8dV8cVm; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:08:37 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcvfRc48fKjwdVJ0SXiIKOzzH3YUMg== Content-Language: en-us X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:09:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:44869 Archived-At: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CBDF02.C21B78A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ah, Windows "Snap", yes. Thanks: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Expand-windows-vertically-on-the -desktop-using-Snap Notepad has the same behavior, so Emacs is behaving just like notepad, and the above link indicates this behavior is engineered into snap. I agree that dragging the top or bottom Emacs frame edge to a screen border is very convenient to obtain a full height Emacs frame. However, I just turned off "snap" on my system because the "snap" behavior described in this not-a-bug report is awful. Maybe it's just me, but when I attempt to move an Emacs frame horizontally and observe my frame dramatically shrink and all windows therein repositioned irreversibly it flusters me. I would recommend the "snap" messages to extend the frame to full height be accepted by Emacs, and the "snap" messages to reset be ignored by Emacs, if that is even remotely possible. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CBDF02.C21B78A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Ah, = Windows "Snap", yes. Thanks:

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Expand-wind= ows-vertically-on-the-desktop-using-Snap

 

Notepad has = the same behavior, so Emacs is behaving just like notepad, and the above = link indicates this behavior is engineered into snap.

 

I agree that = dragging the top or bottom Emacs frame edge to a screen border is very = convenient to obtain a full height Emacs frame.

 

However, I = just turned off "snap" on my system because the = "snap" behavior described in this not-a-bug report is = awful.

 

Maybe it's just me, but when I attempt to move an = Emacs frame horizontally and observe my frame dramatically shrink and = all windows therein repositioned irreversibly it flusters me.  =  I would recommend the "snap" messages to extend the = frame to full height be accepted by Emacs, and the "snap" = messages to reset be ignored by Emacs, if that is even remotely = possible.

 

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