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From: ellis@AUDI.SIEMENS.COM (Ellis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  X11R2 resize hints
Message-ID: <8807281601.AA02123@audi.siemens.com>
Date: 28 Jul 88 16:01:48 GMT
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> Given the increasing close date of X11R3 being let out I'm wondering
> about resize hint changes.  Specfically, we have min, max, and increment
> now; but that's not enough information to have a window manager report
> window sizes for resize actions for many applications.  Right now, maybe
> this is a widely know bug, xterm will loose its window increment
> properties if the scroll bar is added.  What should happen in this case?
> I think that an extra hint of min increment needs to be added.

base_width and base_height have been added to WM_NORMAL_HINTS for just this
purpose.  You can read about them in the draft of the Inter-Client
Communications Manual that was included on the R2 tape.

Ellis Cohen