GNU bug report logs - #1373
23.0.60; --daemon: "emacsclient -c" does not honor +Xoffset+Yoffset in ~/.Xdefaults

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Message #8 received at 1373 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 1373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#1373: 23.0.60; --daemon: "emacsclient -c" does not honor +Xoffset+Yoffset in ~/.Xdefaults
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:56:44 -0800 (PST)

Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net> writes:

  > Hi,
  > 
  > the actions:
  > $ killall emacs-snapshot 
  > $ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults 
  > $ emacs-snapshot -Q --daemon 
  > $ emacsclient.emacs-snapshot  -c /home/grfz/.Xdefaults
  > 
  > when started like this Emacs creates a new frame.  The frames width
  > and heigth are determined by the emacs.geometry ressource in
  > ~/.Xdefaults, whereas the -Xoffset+Yoffset values are ignored.  Emacs
  > positions the frame in the top left corner.  But I want it in the top
  > right corner.  Therefore I hve the following line in my ~/.Xdefaults
  > file:
  > 
  > emacs-snapshot.geometry:82x188-0+0
  > 
  > 
  > When started like this:
  > 
  > $ killall emacs-snapshot 
  > $ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults 
  > $ emacs-snapshot -Q /home/grfz/.Xdefaults
  > 
  > Emacs creates the frame in the top right corner of the display.
  > 
  > 
  > It would be nice if emacs would honor the full geometry settings in
  > the X ressources.

It does not look like doing 

emacs -Q -f server-start&

emacsclient -c 

respects the position parameter, so this might not be related to --daemon

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