bug#9485: 24.0.50; Frame size and position parameter problems in Windows (and Linux)

[Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi>]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and
the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give a recipe
starting from `emacs -Q':

Given...

(defvar se::frame-config `((fullscreen . fullheight)
                           (width . 100)))
(setq default-frame-alist (append se::frame-config default-frame-alist))
(setq initial-frame-alist (append '((left . (- 0))) se::frame-config initial-frame-alist))

...in .emacs, "runemacs" results to a frame that is neither fullheight
nor positioned in the right edge of the screen.  The frame I get is
approximately half the height of the screen and it is partly positioned
outside (from the right edge) of the screen.

The same configuration works in Linux with Emacs 23.1.1 usually but
not always.  I just tried "repeat 5; do emacs&; done" and one out
of those five failed to resize to fullheight and two out of five
were fullheight but they were not located at the top edge/right
edge of the screen (y coordinate was around the middle of the
screen and the frame was partly outside the screen in x direction
as well).

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-08-25 on HANNU
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: fi_FI
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: FIN
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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n/a

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-- 
Hannu