bug#16503: 24.3; make-frame's user-position doesn't work

[Todd Allen]

Issuing the following expression:
   (make-frame '((user-position . t) (left . 100) (top . 100)))
creates a new frame with only a program-specified position in the
WM_NORMAL_HINT, instead of a user-specified position.

I started noticing this in the emacs 24.x series, but didn't track down
the cause of the ultimate problem until now.  The above worked in emacs 23.x.


In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.9.10)
 of 2013-08-14 on buildvm-08.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.10800000
Configured using:
 `configure '--build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu'
 '--host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix='
 '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr'
 '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc'
 '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib'
 '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var'
 '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
 '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg'
 '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm'
 '--with-x-toolkit=gtk3' '--with-gpm=no'
 'build_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu'
 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
 -grecord-gcc-switches -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom
 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro ''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: POSIX
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

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:
M-: ( m a k e SPC - <backspace> <backspace> - f r a 
m e SPC ' ( ( u s e r - p o s i t i o n SPC . t SPC 
) <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> SPC t SPC <backspace> 
) S-SPC ( l e f t SPC . SPC 1 0 0 ) S-SPC ( t o p SPC 
. SPC 1 0 0 ) ) ) <return> <switch-frame> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <help-echo> M-x <help-echo> 
r e o r t <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> p o r 
t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
#<frame emacs@raven 0xa37a308>

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks
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-- 
Todd Allen