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Re: x-windows opening up too large




I think I finally found out what the problem is now. The application will only run on the Solaris desktop window manager (dtwm).

So if I run dtwm on XFree86, the application windows are fine.

Thanks everyone for your help.

JS.



Usage of the -geometry flag looks like the following:

xterm -geometry 80x35+100+100

This creates an xterm which is 80 columns wide and 35 rows tall positioned 100 pixels down from the top edge and 100 in from the left edge of the screen.

One thing you can do is manually size and position the client window the way you like it, then run "xwininfo". It will give you the corresponding -geometry value to use in the future.

From: Staf Verhaegen <staf.verhaegen@imec.be>
Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: x-windows opening up too large
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:33:10 +0200

J S wrote:
>
> Are there any options I can put in the .Xresources file which will constrain
> the windows within the screen?

X programs that conform to the X standard calling convention support a
-geometry option that allows to define the size and the placement of the top
level window to create. The format should be available when typing 'man X' and
look for GEOMETRY SPECIFICATION.

Staf.



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