maximising window?

maximising window?

[James Freer]

One thing I want to enter in the .emacs is the equivalent of alt+f10. Maximise 
'window' isn't quite the same from what I've read this evening... in emacs 
they're frames. Vary depending on Mac, linux or windows - I'm using Linux 
Xubuntu on a CRT monitor.

At console --mm option is fine but only for first frame but not for gui. So I 
tried the following... didn't seem to work and then commented them out.

These are the one's I tried (copied from the .emacs)..

;; fullscreen similar to alt+f10
;;(run-with-idle-timer 0.1 nil 'toggle-fullscreen)?
;;(defun toggle-full-screen)?
;;(require 'maxframe)
;;(add-hook 'window-setup-hook 'maximize-frame t)
;; auto frame sizing
;;(require 'autofit-frame)
;;(add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions 'fit-frame)
;; To automatically fit frames that show a temporary buffer in their
;; sole window, add this to your initialization file also:
;;(add-hook 'temp-buffer-window-show-hook         ; Emacs 24.4+
;;             'fit-frame-if-one-window 'append)

I don't think I am on the right lines somehow... so ?

thanks
james

Re: maximising window?

[John Mastro]

Hi James,

James Freer <jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com> wrote:
> One thing I want to enter in the .emacs is the equivalent of alt+f10.
> Maximise 'window' isn't quite the same from what I've read this
> evening... in emacs they're frames. Vary depending on Mac, linux or
> windows - I'm using Linux Xubuntu on a CRT monitor.

[snip]

> I don't think I am on the right lines somehow... so ?

I think you're looking for `toggle-frame-maximized' or
`toggle-frame-fullscreen'. You could put one on Alt-F10 with something
like this:

    (global-set-key (kbd "<M-f10>") 'toggle-frame-fullscreen)

Of if you want Emacs to automatically go full screen when you open it,
perhaps something like this:

    (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'toggle-frame-fullscreen)

Best,

John

Re: maximising window?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, John Mastro wrote:
> I think you're looking for `toggle-frame-maximized' or
> `toggle-frame-fullscreen'. You could put one on Alt-F10 with something
> like this:
>
>    (global-set-key (kbd "<M-f10>") 'toggle-frame-fullscreen)

Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-frame-maximized
Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-frame-fullscreen
No apropos matches for `toggle-frame'

(emacs 24.3.1)

Re: maximising window?

[Igor Sosa Mayor]

"Chris F.A. Johnson" <chris@cfajohnson.com> writes:

> Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-frame-maximized
> Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-frame-fullscreen
> No apropos matches for `toggle-frame'
>
> (emacs 24.3.1)

I think this is new in emacs 24.4

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Re: maximising window?

[Shelagh Manton]

On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 07:49:05 +0200, Igor Sosa Mayor wrote:

> "Chris F.A. Johnson" <chris@cfajohnson.com> writes:
> 
>> Symbol's function definition is void: toggle-frame-maximized Symbol's
>> function definition is void: toggle-frame-fullscreen No apropos matches
>> for `toggle-frame'
>>
>> (emacs 24.3.1)
> 
> I think this is new in emacs 24.4

For those who can't do the "toggle-frame-fullscreen" you could install 
wmctrl from your distribution repository and put this (originally from 
Offby1 on IRC many moons ago)

(when (executable-find "wmctrl")
  (global-set-key (kbd "<f11>") (lambda () (interactive) "Toggle
         fullscreen." (let ((dprobe  (assq 'display (frame-parameters
						     (selected-frame))))) 
(when dprobe (shell-command (format "DISPLAY=%s
         wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -btoggle,fullscreen" (cdr dprobe))))))))

As you can see the keyboard shortcut is f11 but I'm sure you can change 
that easily enough.

Cheers
Shelagh

Re: maximising window?

[Igor Sosa Mayor]

Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com> writes:

> For those who can't do the "toggle-frame-fullscreen" you could install 
> wmctrl from your distribution repository and put this (originally from 
> Offby1 on IRC many moons ago)

interesting. I knew wmctrl, but I do not use it from inside emacs.
Thnaks for the code.

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Re: maximising window?

[Emanuel Berg]

Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com> writes:

> For those who can't do the "toggle-frame-fullscreen"
> you could install wmctrl

Yes! When I still used X I had a lot of fun with
wmctrl. I still have those functions around, maybe they
can help the OP get an early start:

http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/wm

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Re: maximising window?

[Michael Heerdegen]

James Freer <jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com> writes:

> One thing I want to enter in the .emacs is the equivalent of
> alt+f10. Maximise 'window' isn't quite the same from what I've read
> this evening... in emacs they're frames. Vary depending on Mac, linux
> or windows - I'm using Linux Xubuntu on a CRT monitor.

If you want to do it for all new frames, `default-frame-alist' is the
right place:

    (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized))

See (info "(elisp) Frame Parameters") for details.

Interactively: `toggle-frame-maximized', `toggle-frame-fullscreen', as
it had been suggested.  For older Emacsen, you can simply write your own
commands using `modify-frame-parameters'.  These definitions from
frame.el should work in Emacs 23, too:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun toggle-frame-maximized ()
  "Toggle maximization state of the selected frame.
Maximize the selected frame or un-maximize if it is already maximized.
Respect window manager screen decorations.
If the frame is in fullscreen mode, don't change its mode,
just toggle the temporary frame parameter `maximized',
so the frame will go to the right maximization state
after disabling fullscreen mode.
See also `toggle-frame-fullscreen'."
  (interactive)
  (if (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
      (modify-frame-parameters
       nil
       `((maximized
	  . ,(unless (eq (frame-parameter nil 'maximized) 'maximized)
	       'maximized))))
    (modify-frame-parameters
     nil
     `((fullscreen
	. ,(unless (eq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) 'maximized)
	     'maximized))))))

(defun toggle-frame-fullscreen ()
  "Toggle fullscreen mode of the selected frame.
Enable fullscreen mode of the selected frame or disable if it is
already fullscreen.  Ignore window manager screen decorations.
When turning on fullscreen mode, remember the previous value of the
maximization state in the temporary frame parameter `maximized'.
Restore the maximization state when turning off fullscreen mode.
See also `toggle-frame-maximized'."
  (interactive)
  (modify-frame-parameters
   nil
   `((maximized
      . ,(unless (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
	   (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)))
     (fullscreen
      . ,(if (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
	     (if (eq (frame-parameter nil 'maximized) 'maximized)
		 'maximized)
	   'fullscreen)))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


Michael.

Re: maximising window?

[James Freer]

On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> James Freer <jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> One thing I want to enter in the .emacs is the equivalent of
>> alt+f10. Maximise 'window' isn't quite the same from what I've read
>> this evening... in emacs they're frames. Vary depending on Mac, linux
>> or windows - I'm using Linux Xubuntu on a CRT monitor.
>
> If you want to do it for all new frames, `default-frame-alist' is the
> right place:
>
>    (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized))
>
> See (info "(elisp) Frame Parameters") for details.
>
> Interactively: `toggle-frame-maximized', `toggle-frame-fullscreen', as
> it had been suggested.  For older Emacsen, you can simply write your own
> commands using `modify-frame-parameters'.  These definitions from
> frame.el should work in Emacs 23, too:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun toggle-frame-maximized ()
>  "Toggle maximization state of the selected frame.
> Maximize the selected frame or un-maximize if it is already maximized.
> Respect window manager screen decorations.
> If the frame is in fullscreen mode, don't change its mode,
> just toggle the temporary frame parameter `maximized',
> so the frame will go to the right maximization state
> after disabling fullscreen mode.
> See also `toggle-frame-fullscreen'."
>  (interactive)
>  (if (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
>      (modify-frame-parameters
>       nil
>       `((maximized
> 	  . ,(unless (eq (frame-parameter nil 'maximized) 'maximized)
> 	       'maximized))))
>    (modify-frame-parameters
>     nil
>     `((fullscreen
> 	. ,(unless (eq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) 'maximized)
> 	     'maximized))))))
>
> (defun toggle-frame-fullscreen ()
>  "Toggle fullscreen mode of the selected frame.
> Enable fullscreen mode of the selected frame or disable if it is
> already fullscreen.  Ignore window manager screen decorations.
> When turning on fullscreen mode, remember the previous value of the
> maximization state in the temporary frame parameter `maximized'.
> Restore the maximization state when turning off fullscreen mode.
> See also `toggle-frame-maximized'."
>  (interactive)
>  (modify-frame-parameters
>   nil
>   `((maximized
>      . ,(unless (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
> 	   (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)))
>     (fullscreen
>      . ,(if (memq (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) '(fullscreen fullboth))
> 	     (if (eq (frame-parameter nil 'maximized) 'maximized)
> 		 'maximized)
> 	   'fullscreen)))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>
> Michael.

Thanks for putting me on the right track.
Just tried 'default-frame-alist' and that's fine.
I'll save the email and look into the later stuff another time.
A lot to learn with emacs and I'm taking it one step at a time.

james