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25.1.50; `make-frame' given `top' param creates frame with ~10x smaller `top'

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 24085 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24085: 25.1.50; `make-frame' given `top' param creates frame with ~10x smaller `top'
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:07:32 +0200

> 2. I thought that the code change responsible for this
> (intentional) regression was the one you cited from 2006,
> and I thought that was only for MS Windows (w32term.c), so
> I thought that change would not have any effect on other
> platforms.

There was no need.  The behavior on GNU/Linux preceded that on MS
Windows.  I can't tell about the behavior on other systems.

> 3. Refusing to create a frame that is completely off screen
> is one thing.  Refusing to create a frame that is even slightly
> off screen (e.g. echo area) is another thing.  Is the former or
> the latter what you were referring to (by "most window
> managers...")?

Here xfce positions the frame exactly like Windows does, right above the
taskbar.  I have no idea whether this similarity was intentional.

martin

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