GNU bug report logs - #25851
25.2; GTK warning when starting Emacs when desktop file has more than one frame

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Message #89 received at 25851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 25851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25851: 25.2; GTK warning when starting Emacs when desktop
 file has more than one frame
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:29:31 +0100

>> IIUC we do all this trickery to make a new frame with the left or
>> top edge off-screen.
>
> Do we understand the purpose of this?

The purpose of what?  If you asked why people want to show a frame with
the top or left edge off-screen, then the major goup of clients might be
those who want to move the titlebar out of view.

Nothing against the use of (make-frame '((left . (+ -100)))) as long as
it's done within .emacs.  It's a pain, however, when such idioms get
distributed in packages because then their authors will redirect users
to this list whenever a window manager refuses to comply.

martin

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