* Re: emacs on X and screensize
2007-05-19 12:53 emacs on X and screensize Dick Hoogendijk
@ 2007-05-19 12:43 ` B. T. Raven
2007-05-19 13:51 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: B. T. Raven @ 2007-05-19 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> I'm kind of new to emacs and have tried lots of options. I can't find
> the solution to a simple question though.
>
> Everytime I start emacs (running Xorg) the program takes the total wide
> of the screen at startup. so everytime I have to resize the window to
> *my* preference. Most programs can save the window state. I would like
> this for emacs too. Is this possible from within the progam or do I need
> to call it in a special way from my windowmanager?
>
This form is from my .emacs. It makes the frame occupy about the bottom half
of the physical screen. You can experiment by changing any of the parameters
ad libitum:
(setq initial-frame-alist '((name . "arial") (top . 370) (left . 1) (width .
163) (height . 17)))
The width seems to be affected by what your default font is, especially
whether it is proportional or not.
Ed
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* emacs on X and screensize
@ 2007-05-19 12:53 Dick Hoogendijk
2007-05-19 12:43 ` B. T. Raven
2007-05-19 13:51 ` Peter Dyballa
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dick Hoogendijk @ 2007-05-19 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I'm kind of new to emacs and have tried lots of options. I can't find
the solution to a simple question though.
Everytime I start emacs (running Xorg) the program takes the total wide
of the screen at startup. so everytime I have to resize the window to
*my* preference. Most programs can save the window state. I would like
this for emacs too. Is this possible from within the progam or do I need
to call it in a special way from my windowmanager?
--
Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE
++ http://nagual.nl/ | Solaris 10 11/06 ++
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* Re: emacs on X and screensize
2007-05-19 12:53 emacs on X and screensize Dick Hoogendijk
2007-05-19 12:43 ` B. T. Raven
@ 2007-05-19 13:51 ` Peter Dyballa
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Peter Dyballa @ 2007-05-19 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dick Hoogendijk; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 19.05.2007 um 14:53 schrieb Dick Hoogendijk:
> Everytime I start emacs (running Xorg) the program takes the total
> wide
> of the screen at startup. so everytime I have to resize the window to
> *my* preference. Most programs can save the window state. I would like
> this for emacs too.
You can set initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist, you can put
some settings into ~/.Xdefaults (Emacs*geometry: 97x53+111+11), you
can pass arguments to GNU Emacs. Try in some terminal:
emacs --help
--
Greetings
Pete
Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.
- Groucho Marx
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