GNU bug report logs - #65217
29.1; set-frame-size gets confused and drops calls

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ash <ext0l <at> catgirl.ai>, 65217 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rudalics <at> gmx.at
Subject: bug#65217: 29.1; set-frame-size gets confused and drops calls
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:34:15 +0000

>
> I disagree.  It is a consequence of the fact that the actual resizing is 
> performed by the window manager, and that Emacs must wait for the 
> window-system response event to perform the resize correctly.  Lisp 
> programs that perform several such operations in a row must inject short 
> wait periods to allow for the processing of the window-system events. 
> That's what Martin meant by saying that using sit-for solves the 
> problems.
>

Instead of assuming that Elisp programmers understand these subtle points, 
can't we provide an optional argument to set-frame-size, say FORCE, that 
would do that sit-for?

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