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29.4; Incorrect workarea entry in display-monitor-attributes-list on macOS

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Message #36 received at 76051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 29.4; Incorrect workarea entry in
 display-monitor-attributes-list on macOS
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 21:16:53 +0100

On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 10:01:24PM +0200, Anders Lindgren wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have built a fresh Emacs with your patch, and it appears to be working
> well. Thanks!

Superb, thanks! I'll push it up to master now.

> I also put together a small Emacs package to draw the monitor layout with
> workareas as ASCII-boxes, based on the information provided by
> display-monitor-attributes-list. This makes it easier to check that the
> values returned are sane. I haven't published it yet, so I attached a copy.
> 
> For example, this is my mac layout with the laptop screen with doc to the
> right and an external monitor to the left. The numbers are the margin (in
> pixels), i.e. the space between the workarea and the full area of the
> monitor.
> 
> +---------------------------------------+
> |                                       |
> |                   ^ 25                |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> |                                       |
> | < 0                              > 0  +--------------------------+
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |            ^ 38          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                                       |                          |
> |                   v 0                 | < 0                 > 0  |
> |                                       |                          |
> +---------------------------------------+                          |
>                                         |                          |
>                                         |                          |
>                                         |                          |
>                                         |            v 66          |
>                                         |                          |
>                                         +--------------------------+
> 
> 
>     -- Anders

That's pretty cool!

-- 
Alan Third

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