Re: Abysmal state of GTK build

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sun, 04 Sep 2022 08:14:54 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
    >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
    >> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:01:31 -0400
    >> 
    >> > No, this means functions like `set-frame-position' can't move the frame
    >> > on the screen.  The only way to move the frame is by the user dragging
    >> > it with the mouse.
    >> 
    >> Thanks.
    >> 
    >> I don't know whether that limitation is necessary or justified in some 
way,
    >> but I think that most users don't use `set-frame-position'.

    Eli> Emacs itself uses set-frame-position.  It also moves frames on display
    Eli> via the 'top' and 'left' frame parameters.  One notable case where
    Eli> this happens is the desktop.el package, which restores frame and
    Eli> window configuration of a previous Emacs session.

And there are packages that want to put frames at specific positions,
such as speedbar (plus the various "pop up frame" packages whose names
I canʼt recall right now)

    Eli> So I think the inability to do that is quite a big deal for Emacs
    Eli> users.

Yes. Itʼs very annoying.


Robert
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