[h-e-w] Re: Opening a frame on a second monitor

[BKnoth]

On 11/5/2009 10:33 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
> > Thanks - you answered my question. The following frame alist opens a
> > frame on my second monitor when used with the make-frame function.
> >
> > (setq second-frame-alist
> >                 '((top . 0)
> >                   (left . -1280)
> >                   (width . 150)
>                     ...
>
> FYI - You can use (x-display-pixel-width) to pick up the `1280' value
> automatically, so it is correct regardless of the current display. In the case
> of yours, it will be 1280.
>
> So you could, if you wanted, use:
> (setq second-frame-alist
>        `((top . 0)
>          (left . ,(x-display-pixel-width))
>          (width . 150)
>          ...
Did you mean to have the "," in front of "(x-display-pixel-width)"? 
Also, the "(x-display-pixel-width)" function is in frame.el but I can't 
call it without making it interactive. What's the proper way to call a 
function that doesn't show up as an emacs command?

Thanks for your help,

Bruce