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bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3
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martin rudalics |
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bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3 |
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Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:41:38 +0200 |
> No, it fails to position the initial frame period. I start
> one emacs on the "default/initial" screen, another a few
> screens away. Neither obeys the command line position.
I was confused by your earlier text ...
>> them on desk 1/page 1 and desk1/page 5 of my FVWM
>> configuration, and they both start on desk 1/page 1, at the
... and so I now presume that the desk/page specifications have no
relevance to the problem. Right?
>> Does positioning a new frame in a running Emacs session via
>> (make-frame '((left . x) (top . y)))
>
> Just tried it with x and y within the physical desktop and a
> few screens away and neither worked.
Aha. So let's concentrate on 'make-frame' from a running Emacs
session to avoid dealing with the startup rigmarole.
> However, if I kill fvwm and use make-frame, it WORKS! Even
> off screen, which I can see when I restart fvwm.
>
> This is interesting, as I'm running the same fvwm as with
> the previous emacs, where this worked. Also xterms position
> themselves properly. Just tried glxgears, mplayer and it
> works with those too. Xv works within the physical screen,
> it doesn't off-screen.
>
> Maybe Emacs changed the way it requests the screen position
> to a way that fvwm doesn't like. I'll need to try with
> another window manager.
We already have a new window manager dependent issue with Bug#31745.
Just that fvwm is not listed there IIRC.
martin
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, (continued)
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, Henrique Martins, 2018/07/20
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, martin rudalics, 2018/07/21
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, emacs, 2018/07/22
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, martin rudalics, 2018/07/23
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, emacs, 2018/07/24
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, martin rudalics, 2018/07/25
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, Henrique Martins, 2018/07/25
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, martin rudalics, 2018/07/26
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, emacs, 2018/07/26
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3, martin rudalics, 2018/07/27
- bug#32207: 26.1; can't set window position with emacs 26.3,
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