[comp.windows.x] more confusion: X11 xclock -geometry and *geometry resources

dave@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Dave Cohrs) (04/20/88)

If there's anything I hate, its inconsistencies.

- I normally run "xclock -geometry =WIDxHGT+X+Y", and it works fine.
- I tried "xclock -xrm 'xclock.TopLevelShell.geometry: =WIDxHGT+X+Y'"
  and that worked fine.
- I tried adding the above resource record to my .Xdefaults (I'm not
  using xrdb), and xclock blatently ignored it.
- other Widget tools (like xmh or xbiff) happily use the *geometry spec.

Is there a reasonable explanation for this behavior?

dave
Dave Cohrs
+1 608 262-6617                        UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department
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RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) (04/21/88)

    - I tried "xclock -xrm 'xclock.TopLevelShell.geometry: =WIDxHGT+X+Y'"
      and that worked fine.
    - I tried adding the above resource record to my .Xdefaults (I'm not
      using xrdb), and xclock blatently ignored it.

It works just fine for me.