-geometry flag for XWin?

Harold L Hunt II cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Wed Jul 17 08:55:00 GMT 2002


Robert Mecklenburg wrote:
 > I start XWin with "-screen 830 1124" (roughly half my screen width) so
 > I have room on my desktop for windows apps.  This causes the X root
 > window to be placed at +0+0.  Is there a way to specify a different
 > location for the root window?  I'd prefer something like +20+0 so it
 > doesn't obscure important desktop icons.  (Of course, I've read the
 > man page and found nothing relevant.  Perhaps I missed it?)
 >
 > Thanks,

Robert,

No, there is not a -geometry flag.

You are more than welcome to add one.

Harold



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