x-windows opening up too large
J S
vervoom@hotmail.com
Fri Aug 9 02:40:00 GMT 2002
I think I finally found out what the problem is now. The application will
only run on the Solaris desktop window manager (dtwm).
So if I run dtwm on XFree86, the application windows are fine.
Thanks everyone for your help.
JS.
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>Usage of the -geometry flag looks like the following:
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>xterm -geometry 80x35+100+100
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>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.
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>>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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