If you try the following Emacs 30.1 NS build and it works for you, I think I know which one-liner patch might need to be applied to make this work.  I don't have more than one monitor so I can't easily test this on my own.  If I submit a patch for this, would you be able to build from master?  I could try to use my iPad as an external monitor, I suppose but not sure if that will work.

https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases/tag/Emacs-30.1

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM Ruiyang Wu <ywwry66@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am using the official NS port Emacs 30.1 on a MacBook (macOS Sequoia) with an external monitor. The output of `display-monitor-attributes-list` is as follows:

(((geometry 0 0 1512 982) (workarea 0 38 1512 944) (mm-size 301 195) (frames) (source . "NS")) ((geometry 1512 -517 1600 900 (workarea 1512 -517 1600 875) (mm-size 549 311) (frames #<frame scratch* 0x12d08e430>) (source . "NS")))
It fails to recognize my monitors. Furthermore, when I run `M-x make-frame-on-monitor`, no candidate is provided.

However, if I use `emacs-mac` from https://bitbucket.org/mituharu/emacs-mac/src/master/, the monitors can be correctly recognized. `display-monitor-attributes-list` prints
(((geometry 0 0 1512 982) (workarea 0 38 1512 944) (mm-size 301 196) (frames) (name . "Built-in Retina Display") (backing-scale-factor . 2)) ((geometry 1512 -517 1600 900) (workarea 1512 -492 1600 875) (mm-size 549 311) (frames #<frame *scratch* - GNU Emacs at Ruiyangs-MBP 0x1400a62c8>) (name . "DELL U2515H") (backing-scale-factor . 2)))
And I can also use `make-frame-on-monitor` to create new frames without issue.

Is it possible to have the aforementioned behavior from `emacs-mac` in the official NS port? That would greatly improve my workflow. Thank you very much!

Best,
Ruiyang