Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!oodis01!uplherc!esunix!tlastran From: tlastran@esunix.UUCP (Tom LaStrange) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: various problems with X11r2 Message-ID: <827@esunix.UUCP> Date: 5 May 88 12:51:46 GMT References: <8805021554.AA06237@blandings.csri.toronto.edu> <293@piring.cwi.nl> Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah Lines: 22 Summary: uwm does the same thing > >4) Xterm's understanding of geometry specifications for icons broke between > >X10 and X11. You used to be able to say: > > > > xterm -i =+180+290 '#-3+200' & > > > >to get an icon that was 3 pixels from the right edge of the screen. Now > >it puts the left edge of the icon 3 pixels from the right of the screen, > >which is not useful. > > I believe this might also be a twm bug. I just tried this using uwm and the same thing happens. The problem is that by the time the window manager gets the icon position, it has been changed to positive pixel coordinates. I think the best I can do is ensure that the icon is completely on the display. Currently, with twm, you can specify coordinates which would place the icon off the display, and that is a bug. Anyone know if I can tell if the icon geometry coordinates were specified with negative offets? -- Tom L.