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Re: Determining desktop size?


From: John
Subject: Re: Determining desktop size?
Date: 19 Mar 2005 10:26:48 -0800
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David Kastrup wrote:
> "John" <jpwoodruff@irisinternet.net> writes:
>
> > David Kastrup wrote:
> >> PT <mailshield.gg@mailnull.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Not the size of the emacs frame, the size of the whole graphical
> >> > desktop.  Is it possible from elisp?
> >>
> >> C-h f display-pixel-height RET
> >> C-h f display-pixel-width RET
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
> >
> > This function proves to be not "the size of the whole graphical
> > desktop" but instead "the size of the desktop when emacs started"!
> >
> > At least as tested on emacs 21.1 running on Windows XP.  When I
resize
> > the display during a run of emacs, later evaluations of
> > (display-pixel-width) return the earlier value, not the present
size of
> > the display.
>
> File a bug report.
>


I did that a couple days ago (at least I followed the emacs
instructions).   But I have not seen any sign of the report on
gnu.emacs.bug.

Is absense of the report on g.e.b. evidence that my attempt failed?  Or
is the process *supposed* to run "open loop"?

John



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