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24.3.50; Maximize to the left/right side of the screen (on Windows 7 & 8)

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16340 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16340: 24.3.50; Maximize to the left/right side of the screen (on Windows 7 & 8)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:58:47 +0100

> Ok: the new frame I create after setting 'frame-resize-pixelwise' to
> 't' doesn't have the problem reported in this bug, i.e. that frame
> fits exactly in the left/right half of the screen when I do "windows
> key" + "left/right arrow".

So all I can say is that Windows obeys your size hints.  If you can live
with pixelwise resized frames (I do so for almost a year now) continue
to do so.  Otherwise you have to live with the gaps.  Tertium non datur.

>> And please tell me the values of (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)
>> before, during and after you left the "maximized to the left" state.
>
> '(frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)' returns 'nil' before, during and
> after the "maximization to the left".

Thanks.  This confirms what Juanma told me earlier.

martin

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