Re: Should https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-MS_002dWindows.html be renamed to Maxmize-mode-on-MS_002dWindows.html ?

[David Hedlund <public@beloved.name>]

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On 2023-10-23 17:33, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii<eliz@gnu.org>  writes:
>
>>> Right, but taking a step back here: should we consider that as a bug?
>>>
>>> IOW, instead of documenting workarounds, why isn't --maximized fixed to
>>> not have the "slightly distracting visual effect"?  Is that impractical
>>> for some reason?
>> Is this really about --maximized?  I thought this was about
>> customizations in the init file that cause frames to be maximized.
>> The --maximized switch creates the frame maximized from the get-go
>> here.
> You are correct, sorry for the confusion.  It's good to learn that
> --maximized works without issue.
>
> So I guess this discussion is about:
>
>      (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook 'toggle-frame-maximized)
>
> Then I guess I have the same question, but for that customization.  Why
> do we suggest a customization which has a "slighty distracting visual
> effect"?

That is why I wrote this section in 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Fullscreen-mode-on-MS_002dWindows.html

-----------------------------------8<----------------------------------------------

Alternatively, you can avoid the visual effect of Emacs changing its 
frame size entirely in your init file (i.e., without using the 
Registry), like this:

(setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)
(set-frame-position nil 0 0)
(set-frame-size nil (display-pixel-width) (display-pixel-height) t)

---------------------------------->8------------------------------------------------

However, it doesn't work in GNU/Linux.


>    Can we come up with a way to provide a one-line customization
> that does not have this issue?

As mentioned in the thread with Subject: *Solution to a proposed FAQ, 
how to maximize emacs quickly (like `emacs --maximize`) for GNU/Linux - 
Improved solution by Chad: ~/.emacs.d/early-init.el* 
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00070.html) a 
one-line customization that works is to add this to .emacs.d/early-init.el:

     (push '(fullscreen . maximized) default-frame-alist)

* It works even if it takes time to load a typical .emacs configuration

* I've successfully tested it in GNU/Linux (both X11, and Wayland), and 
Windows.


> PS.  On a side note, --maximized doesn't seem to work on this macOS
>       machine.  I'll open a separate bug report for that.
>
Thank you very much!


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