From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gottlieb@nyu.edu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: trouble setting fullscreen frame parameter Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:14:56 -0400 Message-ID: <87ioq0f573.fsf@nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1398266136 2685 80.91.229.3 (23 Apr 2014 15:15:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:15:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 23 17:15:30 2014 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 1WcytV-0005nn-Le for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:15:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33312 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WcytV-0006CK-6k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57995) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wcyt8-0005zt-7p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wcyt0-00040M-PV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:15:06 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu ([128.122.49.97]:58124) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wcyt0-0003zp-M9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:14:58 -0400 Original-Received: from newlap-wireless.localdomain (ool-45787f94.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.127.148]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3NFEuMU005629 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by newlap-wireless.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A280DA3BED; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:14:56 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 128.122.49.97 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:97330 Archived-At: Emacs 24.3 Gentoo (stable) Starting with emacs -Q (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullheight) returns nil but * no visible effect on the frame * (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) returns nil * (frame-parameters) includes ``(fullscreen)'' Restarting with emacs -Q (modify-frame-parameters nil '( (fullscreen . fullheight))) returns nil but again * no visible effect on the frame * (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) returns nil * (frame-parameters) includes ``(fullscreen)'' At any time (set-frame-parameter nil 'height 999) works fine. How should I set fullscreen? thanks, allan