GNU bug report logs - #8112
23.2; wish: emacsclient -c -g GEOMETRY

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: arne_bab <at> yahoo.de

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:20:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 5864, 7335

Found in versions 23.1, 23.2

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8112: 23.2; wish: emacsclient -c -g GEOMETRY
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:13:18 +0100

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2011 23:19:21 Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
>> Wish: emacsclient -c should take a -g GEOMETRY argument, so I can use it
>> for swiftly starting X with emacsclient as sole frame for the times when
>> I need graphics.
>
> A hack to get a similar effect (though not the same: I have to fork my .emacs.d
> for devices with different screen sizes because I customize in
> ~/.emacs.d/.emacs):
>
>    (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 24))
>    (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(width . 80))

Can't the --eval argument be used for this?
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