Re: Carbon frame dimensions

[Kevin Rodgers]

Matthew Calhoun wrote:

> I'm using Carbon Emacs 21.3.50.1. I have the lines
>
> (setq default-frame-alist '((width . 148)
>     (height . 54)))
> (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 10)
>     (left . 230)))
>
> in my .emacs, which make a nice big Emacs frame on the right side of the 
> screen... eventually. As Emacs starts up, the frame appears first on the 
> left side of the screen, then it shrinks a little, then it shrinks some 
> more, then it finally goes to the position and dimensions I specified. 
> What I would like to know is where those other position/dimensions are 
> specified, and whether I can change them. I'm trying to eliminate all of 
> that jumping around of the frame.

Does Carbon support X resources?  If so, you could specify those frame

parameters in your ~/.Xdefaults file:

emacs.geometry: 148x54+230+10


Or you could specify the geometry on the command line:

        emacs --geometry=148x54+230+10
        emacs --xrm=emacs.geometry:148x54+230+10

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Kevin Rodgers