From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20552: 24.4; cc Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 09:37:03 +0200 Message-ID: <5552FF1F.2010901@gmx.at> References: <87zj5aq3j8.fsf@nyu.edu> <5551C9A2.6050301@gmx.at> <87zj5aq8ol.fsf@nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431502705 27734 80.91.229.3 (13 May 2015 07:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 07:38:25 +0000 (UTC) To: gottlieb@nyu.edu, "20552@debbugs.gnu.org" <20552@debbugs.gnu.org> Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 13 09:38:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRF8-0002IK-7J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 09:38:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46921 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRF7-0005Hd-8E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:38:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48845) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRF0-0005D5-D4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:38:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsREx-0000RJ-4C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YsREx-0000RE-1d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsREw-0002xk-C0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:38:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 07:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20552 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20552-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20552.143150263811335 (code B ref 20552); Wed, 13 May 2015 07:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20552) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 May 2015 07:37:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42997 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsRED-0002wk-Ki for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:37:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:64193) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YsREC-0002wX-3m for 20552@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2015 03:37:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [188.22.104.219] ([188.22.104.219]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LgptO-1ZWOH41n8A-00oG46; Wed, 13 May 2015 09:37:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87zj5aq8ol.fsf@nyu.edu> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:JfaXRyBYFVV5IA30Wuo8e8gJnzBKpnXDxJk2MeoiPgYpteWzpeQ j7stTOfG9afGFZhIHrfMSnSfoOnDK6+fF19jvjAzCfBmdCQugSxlgk+ogUHbYKltdxkV0F+ kFP5oWpPXQBMtxne97EisgbeTqNaHBZOuoA6sBmwOywfJNoAfC1OFxr7ZDiqVR8s0GwLYxz ED9F7/W4hiPlBpBLwshqg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:102733 Archived-At: Please don't remove <20552@debbugs.gnu.org> from the list of recipients. > I started with (left . 0). That moves the frame close to the left edge > but not quite flush left. If I manually move the frame flush left and > execute (modify-frame-parameters nil '( (width . 176) ( left . 0))) > the frame moves *right* so that it is again about 1/8 inch away Hmm... which window manager? Would (modify-frame-parameters nil '((user-position . t) (width . 176) (left . 0))) change anything? >>> The weird part is if I execute the same command again (a second C-j in >>> *scratch), the frame moves to the correct, flush left, position. >>> >>> (Since my screen is 2560 wide (left . -1300) should have the right edge >>> a little left of center, instead it is very much right of center.) >> >> Maybe your window manager tries to keep the frame within the screen >> boundaries. > > The weird part is that > > (modify-frame-parameters nil '( (width . 176) (left . -1300))) > > done once is not flush left but if done a second time to the same > emacs -Q is flush left My usual answer here is that eventually Jan will kick in and explain. martin