How do I set the size of Emacs' window?

Question

I\'m trying to detect the size of the screen I\'m starting emacs on, and adjust the size and position the window it is starting in (I guess that\'s the frame in emacs-speak)

Answer 1

Taken from: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/old/faq4.html

(setq default-frame-alist
      '((top . 200) (left . 400)
        (width . 80) (height . 40)
        (cursor-color . "white")
        (cursor-type . box)
        (foreground-color . "yellow")
        (background-color . "black")
        (font . "-*-Courier-normal-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1")))

(setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 10) (left . 30)))

The first setting applies to all emacs frames including the first one that pops up when you start. The second setting adds additional attributes to the first frame. This is because it is sometimes nice to know the original frame that you start emacs in.