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emacsclient: maximization and size hints

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>, 18107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18107: emacsclient: maximization and size hints
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:00:29 +0200

> When you call emacsclient like this:
>
>     emacsclient -c  -F "((fullscreen . maximized))"
>
> the maximization ignores the size hints and some residual area could
> be left behind, looking like a phantom modeline below the real one.
> This doesn't happen when you manually or programatically maximize
> emacs after launch. Extra space could be reserved at the east and
> south edges, of course, because of the multiple-of-char-size
> restriction, but this extra space is correctly painted with the
> background color. It seems to me like some issue with the order of the
> initialization sequence.
>
> Nevertheless, I believe this is mostly irrelevant for 24.4 as the
> multiple-of-char-size restriction would be no more binding.

Sorry, I completely fail to understand what you did.  What is a "phantom
modeline below the real one"?  Which version did you use on which build?

Thanks, martin

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