Reported by: Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:44:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 23.2
Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
Message #8 received at 7510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> To: Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com> Cc: 7510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#7510: 23.2; negative "left" parameter of initial-frame-alist interpreted incorrectly Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:39:58 +0100
It seems the X|YNegative handling code was lost in Emacs 23. It is easy enough to fix, but shall this be fixed in the emacs-23 branch or just the trunk. It is a regression from Emacs 22, but nobody noticed it in Emacs 23.1 AFAIK. Jan D. 2010-11-28 22:01, Sean McAfee skrev: > When I start emacs after replacing the contents of my .emacs file with > just the single line: > > (setq initial-frame-alist (append '((top . 0) (left . -100)) > initial-frame-alist)) > > ...then the initial frame appears with its left edge 100 pixels to the > left of the left edge of the screen--that is, hanging off of the edge of > the screen. Prior to my recent upgrade from Emacs 22, this same snippet > cause my initial frame to correctly be placed with its right edge 100 > pixels to the left of the right edge of the screen. > > > In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54) > of 2010-11-14 on sean-mcafees-macbook-pro.local > Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949 > configured using `configure '--prefix=/opt/local' '--with-ns' > '--without-x' '--without-dbus' 'CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -arch > i386' 'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -arch i386' > 'CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include'' > > Important settings: > value of $LC_ALL: nil > value of $LC_COLLATE: nil > value of $LC_CTYPE: nil > value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil > value of $LC_MONETARY: nil > value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil > value of $LC_TIME: nil > value of $LANG: nil > value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > locale-coding-system: nil > default enable-multibyte-characters: t > > Major mode: Emacs-Lisp > > Minor modes in effect: > desktop-save-mode: t > iswitchb-mode: t > tooltip-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent input: > t SPC i s , SPC p a e r<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> > <backspace> [ a<backspace> <backspace> p a r<backspace> > <backspace> <backspace> h a n g i n g SPC o f f SPC > t h e SPC l e t<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> > <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> > <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> SPC > o f f SPC t h e SPC l e f t SPC s i d e SPC o f SPC > t h e SPC s c r e e n C-n C-p M-q M-> C-/ C-f C-/ M-> > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-n C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-l C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-l C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f M-d e d g e M-q > C-a C-c C-c y e s<return> M-s-x M-s-p C-x o C-u C-x > C-o C-p C-n<s-left> <s-left> <s-left> M-x r e p o > r t - e m a c s<tab> <return> > > Recent messages: > Mark set > Auto-saving...done > Auto-saving...done > Mark set > Undo! > Redo! > Mark set > Sending... > Sending via mail... > Sending...done > > Load-path shadows: > ~/emacs/misc hides > /opt/local/var/macports/software/emacs-app/23.2_1/Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/misc > ~/emacs/japanese hides > /opt/local/var/macports/software/emacs-app/23.2_1/Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/language/japanese > ~/emacs/emms-3.0/tq hides > /opt/local/var/macports/software/emacs-app/23.2_1/Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp/tq > > Features: > (browse-url mailalias mailclient gnus-msg gnus-art mm-uu mml2015 > epg-config mm-view smime dig gnus-sum nnoo gnus-group gnus-undo nnmail > mail-source format-spec gnus-start gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-range > gnus-win gnus gnus-ems newcomment shadow sort mail-extr message > ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies > mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums > mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc time-date mm-util mail-prsvr > gmm-utils mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug > help-mode view vc-git zenburn color-theme wid-edit sendmail reporter > term disp-table ehelp electric ring advice help-fns advice-preload > emms-cache emms-info-ogginfo emms-info-mp3info emms-playlist-mode > edmacro kmacro emms-player-mplayer emms-source-playlist emms-source-file > locate dired regexp-opt emms-playing-time emms-info later-do > emms-player-mpg321-remote emms-player-simple emms-setup emms emms-compat > desktop server iswitchb cl cl-19 tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks > lisp-float-type mwheel ns-win easymenu tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe > lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar > mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham > georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao > korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic > indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple > abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties > overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget > hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process ns multi-tty > emacs) > >
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