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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "Position Parameters" in lispref/frames.texi
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4l4pd7vqvp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mwbq7fvrgq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:32:21 -0500")

Glenn Morris wrote:

>      The value may be a positive number POS, or a list of the form `(+
>      POS)' which permits specifying a negative POS value.
>
> What? (+ POS) permits a negative POS value?

Oh, is it trying to say that (+ -100) will shift the left edge 100
pixels to the _left_ of the left screen edge?

This doesn't actually seem to work right now, which is what I think

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-01/msg00058.html

is saying.

>      *Reminder:* if the parameter is a negative integer -POS, then POS
>      is positive.

Still can't parse that...

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-21  2:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-21  2:32 "Position Parameters" in lispref/frames.texi Glenn Morris
2008-01-21  2:44 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2008-01-21  9:32   ` martin rudalics
2008-01-22  5:50     ` Ulrich Neumerkel
2008-01-22  6:34       ` Glenn Morris
2008-01-22  6:37         ` Ulrich Neumerkel
2008-01-22 11:30     ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-21 20:30   ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-21 20:30 ` Richard Stallman

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