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From: scl@sasha.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Losen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: tvtwm and -geometry -0-0
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Date: 10 Sep 90 14:37:22 GMT
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I have noticed that tvtwm places a window in an unexpected place when
using the geometry spec "-0-0", for example.  The window is always placed
in the lower right corner of the "home" position of the viewer.  This
happens regardless of the virtual desktop size and the actual position of
the viewer.  I suspect that "-0-0" is being offset from the physical size
of the display rather than the size of the virtual desktop.

By the time that tvtwm gets the geometry spec, has the "-0-0" already been
translated to the actual coordinates or does tvtwm itself interpret
"-0-0"?  If the latter, I suspect this is a bug in tvtwm.  I would expect
"-0-0" to place the window in the lower right corner of the virtual
desktop.

Is the only solution to always use "positive" geometry specs or can this
be fixed in tvtwm?  I'm at patchlevel 2.

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Steve Losen                     scl@virginia.edu

University of Virginia Academic Computing Center