Re: Emacs's set-frame-size can not work well with gnome-shell?

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 16.01.2020 21:33, martin rudalics wrote:
> You could try one more thing: Set the frame's 'override-redirect'
> parameter to bypass the WM like
>
>
> (custom-set-faces
>   '(internal-border ((t (:background "red")))))
>
> (defun open-test (buffer)
>    (display-buffer-in-child-frame
>     buffer '((child-frame-parameters
>               . ((width . 40)
>                  (height . 10)
>                  (top . 50)
>                  (left . 50)
>          (minibuffer . nil)
>      (override-redirect . t)
>          (border-width . 0)
>          (internal-border-width . 10)
>          (drag-internal-border . t)
>          (drag-with-mode-line . t)
>                  )))))
>
> (setq-local test-buffer (get-buffer-create "*test child-frame*"))
> (setq-local test-frame (window-frame (open-test test-buffer)))

Alas, this made no difference.

> And also 
> make sure that 'frame-resize-pixelwise' is t although I doubt
> that this would make any difference.

Ditto.

> BTW, did you ever try
> shrinking the initial frame instead of growing it?

Sure. With the mouse, of course, and now, to be 100% sure, by changing 
the original scenario. Same result.