Re: How to start emacs in a maximized frame in X?

[Lennart Borgman]

Person wrote:
> Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> > On 12/11/06, Person <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a Windows-safe version of
> > > --fullscreen?
> >
> > I'd suggest adding
> >
> >   Emacs.Fullscreen: both
> >   Emacs.Geometry: 100x50   ; use suitable width x height for your 
> > display
> >
> > to the HKLM\GNU\Emacs registry key, and this to .emacs:
> >
> >   (add-hook 'window-setup-hook
> >             #'(lambda () (w32-send-sys-command ?\xF030)))
>
> Thank you (and Lennart): I tried this .emacs customization and it 
> produces results very, very close to a normal Windows "maximization."

There are two things missing AFAIK:

1) Not really full screen (no big matter)

2) You can move the maximized window (more irritating) -- but I just saw 
that this happens only on Windows 2000, not on XP.