bug#35059: window-setup-hook not working with the new frame parameters

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 35059 + notabug
close 35059
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> On March 31, 2019 8:57:18 AM GMT+03:00, Michael Wu 
> <john.michael.wu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> See this StackOverflow thread:
>> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/48645/if-start-with-maximized-frame-why-do-windows-open-top-bottom-not-side-by-side
>>
>> as well as Stefan's answer, and comments on that answer. Essentially,
>> I
>> do not believe window-setup-hook is properly running after all frame
>> parameters have been set, as is suggested in the documentation here:
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Startup-Summary.html
>
>
> There's nothing wrong with window-setup-hook, AFAICT, it indeed runs after 
> all the parameters of the frame have been set according to your 
> customizations.
>
> The problem is in your apparent assumption that frame maximization happens
> immediately after you put the fullscreen parameter into frame-parametets.  But
> actually, frame maximization is performed through interaction with the
> window-manager, which generally happens asynchronously and takes some short, 
> but
> non-zero time.
>
> Add to your hook  a call to 'message' that displays the width and height of 
> the selected window, and you will see why you get windows split vertically.
>
> The conclusion is that if you want to see windows split like you expected, 
> you need to insert a wait into your  emacs.  Or just split horizontally by an 
> explicit command.

No further updates within more than a year, so I'm closing this bug
report with the above explanation.

If this conclusion is incorrect, please reply to this email (use "Reply
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Best regards,
Stefan Kangas