seindal@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Rene' Seindal) (03/02/89)
Hi, I have just started using InterViews, and have noticed an annoying thing. If I start my programs with program -geometry WxH I get a window the requested size, and can place it on the screen using the window manager. If instead I say program -geometry WxH+X+Y I get a window, placed at (X,Y), but the window manager doesn't know about it. I have looked a bit in the source, and in the XLIB docs, but can't see what is wrong. Is this an InterViews bug, or have I simply botched everything? I am using AT&T cfront 1.2, X11.3 (a tape from october 1988), and the InterViews distribution from this X tape. I an using a Sun 4, running SunOS 4.0, with the display on a VaxStation2000. I am using twm, dated from October 18, 1988. Thanks. Rene' Seindal (seindal@diku.dk).
calder@interviews (Paul Calder) (03/05/89)
In article <4494@freja.diku.dk>, seindal@skinfaxe (Rene' Seindal) writes: >I have just started using InterViews, and have noticed an annoying thing. > ... >If I start my programs with ... > > program -geometry WxH+X+Y > >I get a window, placed at (X,Y), but the window manager doesn't know about it. This is an InterViews bug. InterViews is currently being brought up to ICCCM conformance. This (and other, related bugs) will be fixed in the next release. Send mail to interviews-requests@lurch.stanford.edu to get on to the mailing list for the latest information.
interran@thoreau (John Interrante) (03/05/89)
Twm doesn't know about InterViews windows placed with -geometry WxH+X+Y because InterViews 2.4 sets override_redirect true on all windows placed with a position as well as a size. Window managers like twm ignore such windows and won't even move them. Our in-house version of InterViews now sets override_redirect true only on popup windows, not transient, toplevel, or application windows. We've also made InterViews follow the conventions for setting window properties on toplevel windows in section 4 of the ICCCM. We will release InterViews 2.5 when we've finished the ICCCM changes and we're sure we can compile it with g++, probably a few weeks from now. John Interrante (interran@thoreau.stanford.edu)
tim@g4lzv.co.uk (Tim Hawkins) (03/10/89)
The biggest problem I have with interviews is I cant get hold of it.. I am in Europe and am not connected to FTP.. Can Anybody advise me as to the location of a UUCP dial-up site in Europe where I can obtain a copy. I am writting a C++ interface to some less popular DOS windowing systems and I wish to ensure that anything that I write will be compatable with Xwindows. As I will be working with DOS it is important that I can get it with the UUPC package that I have running on my PC.. Sorry about possably inserting this in the wrong place....