GNU bug report logs - #18675
Bug#730593: emacs24: fails to set fullscreen frame parameter on gnome 3

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 22:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 18675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Pedro Ângelo <pangelo <at> void.io>, 
 martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>,
 Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>, 18675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 730593 <at> bugs.debian.org, control <at> bugs.debian.org,
 730593-forwarded <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#18675: Bug#730593: emacs24: fails to set fullscreen frame
 parameter on gnome 3
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:47:06 +0200

Hello.

I don't have Debiaon testing, but with Debian unstable and XFCE4, the Debian 
emacs package, the emacs 24.4 RC and emacs trunk all work with -fs and
(set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth).

	Jan D.

Den 2014-10-12 14:29, Pedro Ângelo skrev:
> On 10/10/14 10:04, martin rudalics wrote:
>>  > I can reproduce this with current Debian Gnome 3, while in XFCE, Emacs
>>  > does shift to full screen.
>>  >
>>  > Pedro Ângelo <pangelo <at> void.io> 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?
>
> I think it is ignored completely. Emacs starts in a window attached to the
> right side of the screen occupying the full screen height and a bit less than
> half of the screen width, which I believe is the default.
>
>  > 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
>>
>
> These lines have no effect.
>
> Cheers,
> P.
>
>
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