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From: spencer@heinlein.osc.edu (Stephen Spencer)
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Subject: How can an application know its TRUE location?
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Date: 4 Sep 89 16:15:54 GMT
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(Reply to 'spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu' please.)

How can an application know that is has been moved by the window manager?
For example, (and this is under 'awm' on a Sun 3/60, X.V11R3, with Xt stuff)
I can start up an application (transient Shell Widget, bulletinWidget and
several pushbuttonWidgets on the bulletin 'board').  The application gets 
drawn at (x, y) (the way I have 'awm' set up I can choose where the application
comes up by moving the mouse and single-clicking).
I can do a XtGetValues() with XtNx, XtNy as parameters on 'toplevel' and
get the proper x,y coordinates of the application.  Now.  I use the window 
manager to move this application.  Doing the XtGetValues() as before yields
the same x, y coordinates even though I've moved the application.

Is there some simple way of determining the TRUE location of an application?
Sorry if this is a simple question to answer, but I'm scratchin' my head on 
this one.  Thanks for any help you all can offer.



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