GNU bug report logs - #39921
27.0.90; Cannot start with non-native toggle-frame-fullscreen on macOS

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From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: "Michael Sanders" <mksanders <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: 39921 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39921: 27.0.90;  Cannot start with non-native
 toggle-frame-fullscreen on macOS
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:49:30 +0100

"Michael Sanders" <mksanders <at> fastmail.com> writes:

> On macOS, it doesn’t seem to be possible to specify an
> `initial-frame-alist` that starts Emacs in “non-native” fullscreen
> mode (i.e., without the system animation and taking up a separate
> Space in Mission Control). To see the difference, use
> `toggle-frame-fullscreen` which has the desired behavior. This can be
> compared with clicking the green fullscreen icon on the window, which
> will use the system fullscreen. On the emacs-mac port by Yamamoto
> Mitsuharu, it’s possible to specify the following to start in this
> mode:
>
> ```
> (setq initial-frame-alist '((fullscreen . fullboth)))
> ```
>
> However, both this and `(setq initial-frame-alist '((fullscreen .
> fullscreen)))` do not have this effect on the main build of Emacs.
> They always use the system fullscreen.

Does setting ns-use-native-fullscreen have no effect?

-- 
Alan Third

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