How to start Spacemacs in a full-screen or maximized window

Open your .spacemacs file that resides in your home directory:

To have Spacemacs start maximized, make this edit:

dotspacemacs-maximized-at-startup t

To have Spacemacs occupy the whole screen, make this edit:

dotspacemacs-fullscreen-at-startup t

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