From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Trying to right-align my window on startup Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:02:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <> <<83r48idw6z.fsf@gnu.org>> <> <<83mwj5ekrs.fsf@gnu.org>> <> <<28ab7799-fdc5-47c4-9ac0-f7db66771e7e@default>> <<83iotsdh9n.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389301374 10972 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2014 21:02:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Mickey.Ferguson@cassidiancommunications.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 09 22:02:59 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 1W1Mki-0006XK-Ht for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:02:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54087 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Mki-0005l5-47 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:02:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1MkP-0005ks-KZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:02:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1MkH-0005Al-25 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:02:37 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:48062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Mk6-00051A-1j; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:02:18 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id s09L2EW6002735 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:02:16 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s09L2Dmh011240 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:02:14 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s09L2Dhm013619; Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:02:13 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83iotsdh9n.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:95319 Archived-At: > > > ? (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(top . 0)) > > > > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(left . 140)) > > > > (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(height . 52)) > > > > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 50)) > > > > Sheesh. Just use `M-x customize-option default-frame-alist'. >=20 > Sheesh, why do you care how I set up my Emacs? Was that from your ~/.emacs, Eli? No, in that case, I don't care. I thought it was from someone who might not know better. ;-) My advice, in general, is that Customize is one's friend - it helps. Yes, that is a simplistic, general statement. No, Customize is not for everything. But (IMHO) too many people ignore Customize, often because they've gotten the impression somehow that it is for non-Lispers or wimps. Quite the contrary, IMO. When you can use Customize easily to get the job done, do so. That's my advice. When it cannot do the job, don't use it.