bob@primerd.prime.com (07/24/89)
I think that X could use a little more device-independance when it comes to geometry arguments. I'm tired of having to re-adjust my screen every time I move from a Sun to a PC or an X terminal. How about some symbols like: Top, Bottom, Left, Right, and Center which evaluate to the right thing on your server? That way I could say things like: xclock -geometry =50x50+Right+Top and it would always do the right thing no matter where you logged in. Also, if I start an application "-iconic", how do I specify the placement of the icon? Xterm allows me to do this with the "#" modifier, but shouldn't there be a way to do this for any application (like xmh)? Bob Pellegrino Prime Computer, Inc. bob@deep-thought.prime.com
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (07/24/89)
How about some symbols like: Top, Bottom, Left, Right, and Center
which evaluate to the right thing on your server?
Equivalents of Top, Bottom, Left, and Right already exist:
+0, -0, +0, and -0dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott) (07/25/89)
In article <8907241559.AA17904@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU writes: > > How about some symbols like: Top, Bottom, Left, Right, and Center > which evaluate to the right thing on your server? > >Equivalents of Top, Bottom, Left, and Right already exist: > +0, -0, +0, and -0 Agreed. In fact, I have a useful device that I will now put into the public domain (showing how much it's worth): On each corner of my screen, I have a sticker showing the position at that location, as in: +0+0 -0+0 Screen +0-0 -0-0 When I need to place an item relative to, say, the bottom right of the screen, I look over and see the sticker that says -0-0, and I know that the syntax for such a placement is -x-y. Also, rws didn't mention that you can set icon placement for any Xt-based clients by using -xrm "*iconX: {x place}" -xrm "*iconY: {y place}" I didn't check xmh to see if this would work, but it's done generally well for me. -- David Elliott dce@Solbourne.COM ...!{boulder,nbires,sun}!stan!dce