From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Patrick Drechsler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: fullscreen and gnome Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:53:53 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4580F85B.7020108@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166093735 13972 80.91.229.10 (14 Dec 2006 10:55:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:55:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 14 11:55:34 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuoFM-00017y-6V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:55:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GuoFL-0002UY-Ny for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GuoF7-0002S4-H5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GuoF6-0002RD-VS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GuoF6-0002R1-T9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:55:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GuoF6-0004XM-OJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GuoEx-0003AZ-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:55:03 +0100 Original-Received: from dslb-084-057-091-072.pools.arcor-ip.net ([84.57.91.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:55:03 +0100 Original-Received: from patrick by dslb-084-057-091-072.pools.arcor-ip.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:55:03 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 40 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-057-091-072.pools.arcor-ip.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061117) In-Reply-To: <4580F85B.7020108@swipnet.se> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:63715 Archived-At: Jan Dj=E4rv wrote: > Patrick Drechsler skrev: >> starting emacs with `emacs -fs' ignores my window manager (gnome using= =20 >> Ubuntu 6.06=3D"Dapper"). This means that Emacs covers the window manag= er=20 >> panels at the top and bottom (default gnome settings using Ubuntu=20 >> Dapper). >=20 > Emacs uses the extended window manager hints if it detects a window=20 > manager that supports them. By default, Gnome uses metacity so I guess= =20 > that is what you have. Then extended window manager hints is used, and= =20 > it is up to the window manager to do whatever it pleases to make the=20 > window fullscreen. Metacity does indeed make the window take up the=20 > whole screen, with no window manager decorations visible. So Emacs is = > not ignoring your window manager, it is your window manager who does al= l=20 > the work and has descided that this is what fullscreen shall look like.= =20 > If you don't like it, you have to file a bug on metacity. Thanks for the explanation Jan. I guess I am looking for some=20 semi-fullscreen option. >> Starting an Emacs session with >> >> /usr/local/emacs/bin/emacs --no-site-file -Q -fs >> >> results in the error described above (Emacs takes up the complete X:=20 >> no panels, not even the toolbar, is displayed). >=20 > Do you mean that the Emacs toolbar dissapears? That would be a bug. Sorry, this was wrong (see my other message). The Emacs toolbar is=20 displayed correctly. Patrick