GNU bug report logs - #1348
set-frame-width and set-frame-position seem buggy on at least MSWindows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Themba Fletcher" <themba <at> shirleymachine.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:55:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jasonr <at> f2s.com
To: grischka <grishka <at> gmx.de>, 1348 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Subject: bug#1348: set-frame-width and set-frame-position seem buggy on	at	least MSWindows
Date: Tue,  2 Dec 2008 07:42:43 +0000

Quoting grischka <grishka <at> gmx.de>:

> Below is a patch that fixes the problem on windows.

I believe this patch is incorrect, as it will result in the message handling
code running in the context of the Lisp thread, which will result in a whole
host of unreproducable crashing bugs if left like that. Probably the reason it
seems to work is that it introduces a delay that is generally long enough for
the real resizing or moving to take place before the Lisp thread continues.

Inter-thread synchronization is what is needed here to fix this safely and
deterministically.
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