bug#24579: [PATCH] borderless windows on OS X

[Jay McCarthy]

I've attached a modified version with your requests.

Regarding EmacsWindow, I think it would be good to keep it around and
separate, so I didn't remove it in the patch.

Jay

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 09:31:09PM -0400, Jay McCarthy wrote:
>> There are two popular Emacs patches for OS X that make all its windows
>> have no title bar:
>>
>> https://github.com/nikhilunni/BorderlessEmacs
>>
>> https://github.com/gwydirsam/emacs-mac-borderless
>>
>> This patch integrates these by providing a variable
>> (ns-use-titled-windows) that allows this decision to be controlled at
>> runtime. The default is to use titles, like normal.
>
> I’d prefer a variable name more like ‘ns-use-titlebar’, as
> ‘titled-windows’ doesn’t mean very much to me.
>
>> -- Some comments on the patch
>>
>> This is my first Emacs patch. I hope it's okay.
>>
>> The only difference between EmacsFSWindow and EmacsWindow is
>> explicitly telling OS X that the window can be the subject of focus,
>> which is required for borderless windows. (EmacsFSWindow has nothing
>> to do with being fullscreen.)
>
> I’d no idea about this, do we even need both types?
>
>> I included a note in the Changelog, because it looks like all
>> variables like this get put in, but it could be removed from my
>> perspective... I have no need to satisfy my pride with my name in the
>> log. However, I didn't add anything to NEWS, because it seems to not
>> always mention things like this.
>
> The changelog is automatically updated from the git repository log, as
> I understand it. We’ll commit it using your name so you’ll be credited
> anyway. :)
>
> Also, I don’t think this patch will be included before Emacs 26.1 as
> it’s a new feature, not a bug fix, so the entry in cus-start.el may
> need to read 26.1.
>
> This one’s a real nit‐pick: I don’t like the version number being on
> the next line in the variable doctype. I don’t see any reason why it
> can’t be moved up on to the previous line next to the greater‐than
> sign. And also change ‘windows’ to ‘frames’ and ‘title’ to ‘titlebar’.
>
> I can’t see anything wrong other than my little moans above, and it
> certainly looks like it does what it’s supposed to do. Thanks for
> doing this.
> --
> Alan Third



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Jay McCarthy
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0001-Add-ns-use-titlebar.patch
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