From 90456460dfa8e9dca55e5cfad6db9da1ad7292af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Rudalics Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 11:35:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] In Elisp manual explain how to override window manager positioning (Bug#20552) * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Position Parameters): Give example of how to override a window manager positioning decision. --- doc/lispref/frames.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi index c0d17f0ca21..8cadf791a12 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi @@ -659,6 +659,16 @@ Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well. +If the window manager refuses to align a frame at the left or top screen +edge, combining position notation and @code{user-position} as in + +@example +(modify-frame-parameters + '((user-position . t) (left . (+ -4)))) +@end example + +may help to override that. + @vindex top, a frame parameter @item top The screen position of the top (or bottom) edge, in pixels, with respect -- 2.11.4.GIT