Re: Finding the complete list of frame parameters accepted by make-frame

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:13:04 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:26:41 +0000
> From: Heime <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> 
> On Monday, July 27th, 2026 at 11:09 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> > 
> > > Have been looking at the documentation of make-frame, focusing upon the
> > > part about frame parameters.  Although it provides some examples, where
> > > can I find the list of frame parameters that make-frame will accept?
> > >
> > 
> > Start with:
> > 
> >    (info "(elisp) Frame Parameters")
> > 
> > They are not listed in a single section, so you will need to
> > read the sub-sections of the section, above.
> 
> Have looked at "Window Frame Parameters", should they be all there?
> 
> The parameters are almost impossible to follow when there is no
> summary table in format (Parameter . Value) with the possibilities
> for Value, without the lengthy prose about value.  It would help
> immensely if such a table checklist existed in the manual as a type
> of summary for the frame parameters.  Would be a type of concise 
> reference that summarizes the parameters, like is done in Emacs Cheat
> Sheets.

The menu in "Window Frame Parameters" is supposed to guide you to the
right section, assuming you know what you are looking for.  (If you
don't know what you are looking for, there's no other way except
reading "the lengthy prose", because every word there is important.)