Re: Unuseful keybindings

[Jan Djärv]

Hello.

12 jan 2013 kl. 01:50 skrev Juri Linkov <address@hidden>:

>>> When the Gnome system key M-f10 maximizes the frame,
>>> Emacs doesn't reflect this change in the frame parameter
>>> `fullscreen'.
>> 
>> Sounds like a bug with window manager hints, either in gnome's setting
>> them or emacs' understanding them. If you're up for it, you should be
>> able to use xprop to see if gnome is setting the hint or not (it's
>> entirely possible that it's just finding the biggest window size and
>> setting emacs to that, which is not correct).
> 
> Actually there are two problems:
> 
> 1. The above mentioned problem occurs only on non-GTK builds.
>   When I tried to use xprop for a maximized frame its output was:
>   _NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT, 
> _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ

Sounds like we don't get property notify or does not handle it correctly.  
Probably a bug.  Can you file a bug report?

> 
> 2. On GTK builds there is another problem: evaluating
> 
>   (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullscreen)
> 
>   modifies the frame parameter `fullscreen' to `fullboth',
>   not to `fullscreen' as requested.  In this case xprop outputs:
>   _NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN


This is normal, fullscreen is just an alias for fullboth.

        Jan D.