Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rc6.urc.tue.nl!rw7.urc.tue.nl!rcpt From: rcpt@rw7.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: MF 2.0: poor support for X-windows Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 11:06:24 GMT References: <261@rc6.urc.tue.nl> Sender: News Administration Reply-To: rcpt@urc.tue.nl Lines: 18 lgy@phys.washington.edu (Laurence G. Yaffe) writes: > Last I knew, a suitable resource specification like: >Metafont*geometry: 500x600+200+200 >(in your .xresources or equivalent) would do what you want. >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Laurence G. Yaffe Internet: lgy@newton.phys.washington.edu >University of Washington Bitnet: yaffe@uwaphast.bitnet The geometry line in my ~/.Xdefaults (it does not work in ~/.xresources) puts the Metafont window indeed in the middle of my screen. But the chessboard is still cut horizontally (at the 5th line) and vertically (at the 4th row). I have included the METAFONT sources (see my previous posting) so that you can see what goes wrong! Try it. --Piet