Re: Emacs's popularity

[Phil Carmody]

"Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 16:09, Phil Carmody
> <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> So I just created a new frame, and dragged it to my coding desktop,
>> how do I find out how to identify that frame?
>
> See the function `selected-frame'.
>
> For example, you could create a new frame, and then, with the focus on
> it, you can do
>
>   M-: (setq server-window (selected-frame)) <RET>
>
> Of course, if you plan to do it automatically from your .emacs you
> could use something like this (not tested):
>
>   (setq server-window (make-frame '((height . 40) (width . 80))))
[SNIP - lots more]

Plenty to digest there, but too late to experiment with it tonight - 
many thanks!

Phil
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