bug#7232: 24.0.50; (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth) has no visible effect

[Eric Hanchrow]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':

I typed M-: (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth)

I expected my Emacs window to get bigger.

Instead it stayed just as it was.

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please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
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In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600)
 of 2010-10-11 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x C-r ~ / . e m <tab> . <tab> i n i <tab> <M-backspace>
<return> ^ C-p <return> C-x d <return> ^ ^ M-v C-u
C-p C-u C-p C-u C-p a SPC C-u C-u C-n SPC C-p <return>
C-s f u l l s C-a C-M-u C-M-u C-M-n C-x C-e <f11> <f11>
<f11> <f11> M-m C-M-n C-x C-e C-M-p M-x r e p o r t
- e m a c s - b <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
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Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar):
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(lambda nil (interactive) "Expand to fullscreen." (set-frame-parameter
nil (quote fullscreen) (quote fullboth)))
nil

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
mm-util mail-prsvr mailabbrev mail-utils gmm-utils mailheader emacsbug
edmacro kmacro multi-isearch vc-dispatcher vc-svn help-mode easymenu
view novice dired regexp-opt tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type
mwheel dos-w32 disp-table ls-lisp w32-win w32-vars tool-bar dnd fontset
image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select
scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham
georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao
korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic
indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple
abbrev button minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties overlay
md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget
hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process multi-tty emacs)