From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get the new frame? Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:14:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87615axy8y.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> References: <20150721004403.1229.1C8BC4D7@ahiker.mooo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1437693411 10410 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2015 23:16:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:16:51 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 24 01:16:42 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1ZIPjF-0004lM-GV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:16:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43087 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIPjE-0002e9-MA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:16:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38447) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIPj3-0002c7-Bi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:16:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIPj0-0007F7-6d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:16:29 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44527) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIPj0-0007EQ-0r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:16:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIPiw-0004b8-Ax for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:16:22 +0200 Original-Received: from nl106-137-97.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.97]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:16:22 +0200 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-97.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:16:22 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-97.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:s+dz2v31qanLAANLnm9LQjbYDoo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105950 Archived-At: "B. T. Raven" writes: > I use 2 frames under w32, w64, courier (monospace 8 > line high) to display *Calendar* and arial > (proportional font) for everything else. I don't know what you say. Suggestion tho to use the same monospace font for everything in one frame, but with different windows. > Is there a way to read display geometry so I can use > the same .emacs for laptops and desktops? There are several ways to do that but it is easier if you just use the same .emacs with a branch on some variable, then set it to different values for the different computers and get the desired options. > Now I have to mouse around in order to make the > monospace frame the minimum usable height (different > on laptops and desktops). Yes, merge both solutions, then turn one chunk of setup code for one case and the other for the other. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573