Re: Determining desktop size?

[David Kastrup]

"John" <jpwoodruff@irisinternet.net> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> PT <mailshield.gg@mailnull.com> writes:
>>
>> > Not the size of the emacs frame, the size of the whole graphical
>> > desktop.  Is it possible from elisp?
>>
>> C-h f display-pixel-height RET
>> C-h f display-pixel-width RET
>>
>> --
>> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
>
> This function proves to be not "the size of the whole graphical
> desktop" but instead "the size of the desktop when emacs started"!
>
> At least as tested on emacs 21.1 running on Windows XP.  When I resize
> the display during a run of emacs, later evaluations of
> (display-pixel-width) return the earlier value, not the present size of
> the display.

File a bug report.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum