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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Window's absolute position
Message-ID: <9006150653.AA08178@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 90 06:53:35 GMT
Sender: root@athena.mit.edu (Wizard A. Root)
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>> I need to find the absolute position of a newly created window.

> Start with XGetGeometry to get the coordinates of the window relative
> to it[']s parent (possibly a border window from the window manager).
> Then use XTranslateCoordinates to convert these to coordinates
> relative to the root or any other window.

Why bother with the XGetGeometry?  Why not use XTranslateCoordinates
directly to translate (0,0) in the new window into root coordinates?

					der Mouse

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