Comments on: Maximizing Emacs on startup http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/ a blog about mastering the world's best text editor Fri, 17 May 2013 21:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: mickey http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-15859 mickey Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:00:59 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-15859 Sorry, I don’t know if GNU Emacs for MacOSX supports maximizing.

]]> By: Phillip Oldham http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-15838 Phillip Oldham Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:20:10 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-15838 No love for us mac users?! I’m having to manually expand emacs every time I open it! :(

]]> By: Nitin Bodke http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-14673 Nitin Bodke Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-14673 Thanks. This works :)

]]> By: Justin http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-6678 Justin Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:17:35 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-6678 It might be nice to show how to make start with the window vertically maximized, or note that this isn’t possible if it’s not (I think I remember reading some very ugly incantations for it in the past, but I’m not sure).

]]> By: Bill Zimmerly http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-154 Bill Zimmerly Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:34:45 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-154 Ooops, it looks like I posted before seeing your reply.

]]> By: Bill Zimmerly http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-153 Bill Zimmerly Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:31:41 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-153 Thanks AGAIN!!!!! :)

Learning such complexity is *SO* much easier when you have the right teacher. ;)

]]> By: Bill Zimmerly http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-152 Bill Zimmerly Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:30:28 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-152 Ah! I think I found them! To wit,

http://www.splode.com/~friedman/software/emacs-lisp/src/escreen.el

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Emacs+%22Window+Configuration%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

- Bill

]]> By: mickey http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-151 mickey Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:27:08 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-151 Bill–

You are getting symbol void error because the calendar isn’t loaded. You must add (require 'calendar) before the defun.

Interactive means it is considered a command, which is something you can invoke using M-x.

Glad you’re enjoying the blog!

]]> By: mickey http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-150 mickey Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:25:37 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-150 escreen is a third-party module — check out the Emacs Wiki. Window Configurations are found under “registers”

]]> By: Bill Zimmerly http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2010/10/18/maximizing-emacs-startup/#comment-149 Bill Zimmerly Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:22:39 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=151#comment-149 Also, I tried to look up both “escreen” and “Window Configurations” in the info docs and couldn’t find them. (?)

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