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From: marty@ultra.com (Marty Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: twm doesn't put windows where I tell it
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.204629.2138@ultra.com>
Date: 9 Jul 90 20:46:29 GMT
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In <9007091229.AA17616@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes:

>    Even though I explicitly identify geometry for all my windows on startup,
>    windows will always be pushed down from the top (- in the y direction) on the
>    screen.

>By how much, the height of the title bar?  If so, twm's just following
>the rule for NorthWest gravity, as given by the ICCCM (Section 4.1.2.3).

Yes, windows are displaced aproximately the title bar width.  I've read
ICCCM 4.1.2.3, which clarified things.  Thanks again!

/Marty

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