From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Moore Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New frame position (FSF Emacs on Windows) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 17:42:15 +0000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <84d6m3zstg.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044789841 32363 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 11:24:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hpZ0-0008Pi-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 12:23:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hpaj-0002rK-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 06:25:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!colt.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: morpheus.demon.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1044789807 10441 158.152.8.30 (9 Feb 2003 11:23:27 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:23:27 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jS0HZi1e24lbx+ZkA5FgdNosvcg= User-Agent: Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) XEmacs/21.5 (burdock, i586-pc-win32) Hamster/2.0.0.0 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109975 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6480 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6480 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Paul Moore writes: > >> Anyway, one annoying feature in FSF Emacs is that when I open a new >> frame (for example, with C-X 5 f) it appears in *exactly* the same >> position on screen as the current frame. It therefore looks like I >> didn't open a new frame! > > Do you have left and top in default-frame-alist? Does it help to > remove them? No I don't. It looks like the default in XEmacs is to create the frame with Windows' "Let the window manager place the frame" option set, whereas with Emacs, the default is to specify the frame position, even if the user doesn't have anything in default-frame-alist. Paul. -- This signature intentionally left blank