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Re: [h-e-w] Positioning of window when starting Emacs


From: andy . ling
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Positioning of window when starting Emacs
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:43:46 +0100

Mark Rosenthal wrote on 22/05/2012 06:17:46:

> For ages I've been using Emacs 21.3.1 under Windows.  I just 
> installed Emacs 23.4.1.  When I start 21.3.1, Emacs' window is 
> positioned exactly in the upper left corner of the screen.  But when
> I start 23.4.1 the window's position seems to be selected randomly. 
> Is this controlled by XP's window manager or by Emacs?  Is there 
> some way I can force Emacs 23.4.1's window to always be positioned 
> at specific coordinates of my choosing?

I put something like the following in my .emacs

  (setq default-frame-alist '(
                              (height . 61) (width . 98)
                              (top . 72) (left . 36)
                              )))
  (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 72) (left . 775)))

HTH

Andy Ling




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