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

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 17:50:57 +0300, Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden> said:

    Dmitry> On 07.04.2020 17:39, Robert Pluim wrote:
    Dmitry> (string-match-p "GTK3" system-configuration-features) seems to do 
the trick.
    >> C-h v system-configuration-features says:
    >> This is mainly intended for diagnostic purposes in bug reports.
    >> Don't rely on it for testing whether a feature you want to use is 
available.
    >> If this kind of stuff is really needed (and I hope it isnʼt) then we
    >> should come up with a lisp variable with a guaranteed set of values
    >> for toolkit type.

    Dmitry> Is it really unreliable or just subject to change?

Itʼs subject to change. Imagine the future, when we have GTK4, and
your string-match-p now fails.

    Dmitry> Since we still hope that Emacs 28 won't need this particular check,
    Dmitry> and the variable has been present in all recent releases, maybe it's
    Dmitry> good enough.

Iʼd like to think that the Gnome guys will jump on this and fix the
issue with mutter quickly, but then again, maybe they'll just say
"youʼre mixing X and GTK, stop doing that and we'll talk".

Robert