x-windows opening up too large

[Thomas Chadwick]

Usage of the -geometry flag looks like the following:

xterm -geometry 80x35+100+100

This creates an xterm which is 80 columns wide and 35 rows tall positioned 
100 pixels down from the top edge and 100 in from the left edge of the 
screen.

One thing you can do is manually size and position the client window the way 
you like it, then run "xwininfo".  It will give you the corresponding 
-geometry value to use in the future.

>From: Staf Verhaegen <staf.verhaegen@imec.be>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: x-windows opening up too large
>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:33:10 +0200
>
>J S wrote:
> >
> > Are there any options I can put in the .Xresources file which will 
>constrain
> > the windows within the screen?
>
>X programs that conform to the X standard calling convention support a
>-geometry option that allows to define the size and the placement of the 
>top
>level window to create. The format should be available when typing 'man X' 
>and
>look for GEOMETRY SPECIFICATION.
>
>Staf.




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