Subject: Re: bug#18675: Bug#730593: emacs24: fails to set fullscreen frame parameter on gnome 3

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:04:00 +0200

> I can reproduce this with current Debian Gnome 3, while in XFCE, Emacs
 > does shift to full screen.
 >
 > Pedro Ângelo <[email-masked]> writes:
 >
 >> Package: emacs24
 >> Version: 24.3+1-2
 >> Severity: normal
 >>
 >> Dear Maintainer,
 >>
 >> On my .emacs I use the following command to set the emacs window to fullscreen
 >> on startup:
 >>
 >>      (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth)

Does this line have any impact at all or is it ignored completely?  What
happens when you write

(set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'maximized)

instead?  Does anything change when you add

(setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)

to your .emacs?

martin