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

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Message #200 received at 1348 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: grischka <grishka <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 1348 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jasonr <at> f2s.com, rudalics <at> gmx.at
Subject: Re: bug#1348: set-frame-width and set-frame-position seem buggy on at least MSWindows
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:07:53 +0200

> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:43:27 +0100
> From: grischka <grishka <at> gmx.de>
> CC:  1348 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,  jasonr <at> f2s.com, 
>  martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
> You will maybe agree that it makes sense to run this hook as
> a consequence from a lisp call to "set-frame-width".

No, I don't agree.  In Emacs, Lisp calls don't call redisplay
directly.  They change variables and objects that affect the next
redisplay.  Redisplay itself is triggered by other events.  Any change
that doesn't follow this pattern is wrong.

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