preset the position of new frame under mac os x

preset the position of new frame under mac os x

[Leo]

hi there

i want to position new frames in the left half of the screen. coming 
from nt-emacs i just tweaked default-frame-alist with (left . 100). 
unfortunalty do new frames still appear in the left side of the screen. :-(

so, default-frame-alist doesn't seems to work properly. strangly an 
entry for left in initial-frame-alist is recognised!

does anybody know a workaround or so?>

thanks, leo

Re: preset the position of new frame under mac os x

[Hugh Wolf]

On 2003-11-01, Leo <halloleo@NOSPAM.gmx.net> wrote:
> i want to position new frames in the left half of the screen. coming 
> from nt-emacs i just tweaked default-frame-alist with (left . 100). 
> unfortunalty do new frames still appear in the left side of the screen. :-(

The 'left entry of default-frame-alist works fine for me in osx.

Re: preset the position of new frame under mac os x

[Leo]

"Hugh Wolf" <hwolf@deutsches.lieder.de> wrote in message
news:2IPob.77706$e01.257998@attbi_s02...
>
> The 'left entry of default-frame-alist works fine for me in osx.


thanks hugo.

i have tried that as well, but cannot make it work. here's the part of my
.emacs file:

(setq default-frame-alist
      ;; standard staff
      '((tool-bar-lines . 0)
        (foreground-color . "black")
        (background-color . "white")
        (menu-bar-lines . 1)
        ;; my staff:
        (font . "-apple-monaco-medium-r-*--*-140-*-*-*-*-mac-roman") ;; mac
        (top . 15) (left . 250)
        (width . 81) (height . 48)
        (cursor-color . "Black")))

(setq initial-frame-alist
      '((top . 0) (left . 5)
        (width . 84) (height . 50)  ;; mac
        ))

this settings should make the first frame at the left and the second frame
at the right of the screen. unfortunatly both screen appear on the left...
:-(

what do i do wrong?

Re: preset the position of new frame under mac os x

[Sandip Chitale]

The variable: 

default-frame-alist

and 

initial-frame-alist

are customized variables. Therefore you need to set their values using

M-x customize-variable RET default-frame-alist RET

and

M-x customize-variable RET initial-frame-alist RET

and save the customization.

May work.


"Leo" <leo.broska@NOSPAM.isys.com.au> wrote in message news:<boci42$1pb7$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
> "Hugh Wolf" <hwolf@deutsches.lieder.de> wrote in message
> news:2IPob.77706$e01.257998@attbi_s02...
> >
> > The 'left entry of default-frame-alist works fine for me in osx.
> 
> 
> thanks hugo.
> 
> i have tried that as well, but cannot make it work. here's the part of my
> .emacs file:
> 
> (setq default-frame-alist
>       ;; standard staff
>       '((tool-bar-lines . 0)
>         (foreground-color . "black")
>         (background-color . "white")
>         (menu-bar-lines . 1)
>         ;; my staff:
>         (font . "-apple-monaco-medium-r-*--*-140-*-*-*-*-mac-roman") ;; mac
>         (top . 15) (left . 250)
>         (width . 81) (height . 48)
>         (cursor-color . "Black")))
> 
> (setq initial-frame-alist
>       '((top . 0) (left . 5)
>         (width . 84) (height . 50)  ;; mac
>         ))
> 
> this settings should make the first frame at the left and the second frame
> at the right of the screen. unfortunatly both screen appear on the left...
> :-(
> 
> what do i do wrong?