Re: [wm-user] x-windows opening up too large

[Casey Harkins <charkins at upl dot cs dot wisc dot edu>]

What application are you running? Most X applications allow you to pass a
geometry string on the command line to specify a location and width and
height.

For example, to start xcalc with a width of 200 pixels, height of 300
pixels and positioned in the upper left corner:

"xcalc -geometry 200x300+0+0"

Or to position it in the lower right use:

"xcalc -geometry 200x300-0-0"

Or 10 pixels from the left and 20 pixels from the bottom:

"xcalc -geometry 200x300+10-20"

Keep in mind that the width and height specified do not include the window
decorations added by the window manager. So if you use width and height ==
to screen resolution, the application will be slightly larger than the
screen.

Hope this helps.

-casey


On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, J S wrote:

> An X application we run on xfree86-windowmaker is causing problems for users 
> at my work because when it pops up new windows, these windows are sometimes 
> too big to fit on the screen, or the scrollbar is missing.
> 
> Is there something I can do to fix this other than using ALT+left/right 
> mouse clicks to resize these windows or better still stop them from opening 
> up so large? Incidentally this problem doesn't happen on Exceed.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> JS.
> 
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