[comp.windows.x] tvtwm sticky windows

hmp@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Henning Pangels) (01/25/91)

Pardon me if this has been addressed before, but...
I notice that if 
- I have declared a particular window as sticky via the .tvtwmrc file
  and
- I have pre-assigned geometry (size and location) for that window
  and
- My screen display is not displaying the "home" position, i.e. not in
  the upper left-hand corner of the virtual desktop

then the window gets located off the physical screen, and not anywhere
in the virtual desktop. That means I can't ever see it or manipulate
it with the mouse. When I pan to the home position, the elusive window
flashes up very briefly as the screen is redrawn, but that's it. If I
iconify and de-iconify it, my cursor jumps to one of the edges of the
physical screen as though trying to warp to the window that's off in
never-never land.
Aside from bringing this to the attention of those who may be working
on tvtwm, I'm wondering if there is a way to manipulate such a window
without the mouse, i.e. I'm looking for some way to modify its geometry
parameters to bring it back to the world of the living. 

-Henning

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Henning Pangels        Research Programmer        Field Robotics Center
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