RE: Maximize/restore frame function

[Subhan Michael Tindall]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Adams [mailto:drew.adams@oracle.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 10:50 PM
> To: Subhan Michael Tindall; help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: RE: Maximize/restore frame function
> 
> > Hi, I'm looking for a simple (hopefully!) function to maximize a
> > frame/restore to it's previous size.
> > I've looked through the apropos and the closest I could find was
> > iconify-frame and iconify-or-deiconify-frame, neither of which quite
> > does what I want.
> > What I want is function to toggle a given frame between being
> > maximized on it's display and it's original size I work in windows
> > (bleh), I get this same functionality by double clicking on the top
> > bar of the frame. This maximizes it to the monitor It's on.
> > Dual monitor setup with virtuawin multiple desktops if that helps.
> > Any ideas?
> 
> As Oscar indicated, Emacs 24.4 has this.
> 
> You can also toggle maximization (but not fullscreen), on all platforms in all
> Emacs versions (starting with Emacs 20), using library `frame-cmds.el', which
> you can get from Emacs Wiki (or MELPA), http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-
> en/download/frame-cmds.el
> 
> There you will find commands `maximize-frame' and `restore-frame', aka
> `toggle-max-frame'.  From the doc string:
> 
> ,----
> | Toggle maximization of FRAME horizontally, vertically, or both.
> | Reverses or (if restored) repeats the effect of the Emacs maximize
> | commands.  Does not restore from maximization effected outside Emacs.
> |
> | With no prefix arg, toggle both directions.
> | With a non-negative prefix arg, toggle only vertically.
> | With a negative prefix arg, toggle horizontally.
> |
> | When toggling both directions, each is toggled from its last maximize
> | or restore state.  This means that using this after
> | `maximize-frame-horizontally', `maximize-frame-vertically',
> | `toggle-max-frame-horizontally', or `toggle-max-frame-vertically' does
> | not necessarily just reverse the effect of that command.
> `----
> 
> If you use a standalone minibuffer frame then "maximizing" another frame
> leaves room for the minibuffer frame; it does not occlude it.
> 
> All of the commands in the library work with all Emacs versions (starting with
> Emacs 20).
[>] 

The commands are exactly what I want, but don't work properly with a 
multi-monitor setup.
Maximize & restore will jump the frame from left monitor to right & vice versa. 
 It doesn't appear to be tracking the original location either.
So, for example, when I maximize a frame in the left monitor(which does not 
have a menu bar), the frame is moved to the right monitor, maximized for that 
monitor, and igores the menu bar so oversizes the frame.  
Subhan

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