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Reputation: 1666

Maximize GNU Emacs on startup on Windows 8.1

I'm running a 64-bit GNU Emacs version 25.0.50.1 on a 64-bit Windows 8.1 OS.

Adding the following to my .emacs does nothing:

(w32-send-sys-command 61488)

However, something like:

(global-set-key [(f4)] (function (lambda () "Maximize frame" (interactive) (w32-send-sys-command 61488))))

Works flawlessly; i.e. maximizes Emacs whenever F4 is pressed. However, I do not want to have to press F4 in order to do this -- I want it done automatically at startup. Why doesn't the first simple line work (it doesn't work even if it is the only line in my .emacs)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 150

Answers (2)

2v_S
2v_S

Reputation: 11

This worked for me :

(defun maximize-frame ()
"Maximize the current frame"
 (interactive)
 (w32-send-sys-command 61488))


(defun post-load-stuff ()
  (interactive)
  (maximize-frame)
)
(add-hook 'window-setup-hook 'post-load-stuff t)

Upvotes: 1

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 136880

Some time around the version 24 release, Emacs added a native function toggle-frame-maximized. This function doesn't take any arguments, but since the default state of Emacs it to have a non-maximized frame, on my Linux system simply adding

(toggle-frame-maximized)

to my init makes Emacs start up maximized.

As far as I know, this should also work on Windows.

Upvotes: 3

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