Jan> However, you can request fullscreen or fullwidth+height. These may be
Jan> interpreted differently by the window manager, even if the spec says
Jan> it should not.
Jan> gtk_window_maximize does what Emacs already does. It can't be used
Jan> when Emacs is not compiled with Gtk+, so there is no point in doing
Jan> so.
There is still a difference in behavior between Emacs and other Gtk
apps.
If I eval (make-frame '((fullscreen . fullboth))), it takes up the
entire screen, hiding the panel.
However, when I run the roughly equivalent pygtk program which calls
'window.maximize()', I get the results I expect -- a maximized window
where I can see the wm decorations and which does not hide the panel.
Or, at the very least, a missing Emacs feature. I did manage to think
of a reason that the current behavior might be desirable: if I was
using a presentation tool in Emacs (EPT), I might want this behavior.
However, that is a specialized use; more frequently I would want plain
Gtk-style "maximize".