On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 09:31 -0600, Archaic wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 05:03:24PM +0200, Rainer Peter Feller wrote: > > > > > On the line "xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &", what is "-g" for? TIA > > same as "xterm -geometry 80x40+0+0 &" > > and yes it is not documented ... well not directly, and when you are new ... *sigh* O.K. I got it first sight, but not everybody else.
> Sure it is. It may not be jumping out at you, but it isn't something > that one cannot find with 5 minutes of looking, which was my point. If > you haven't a clue after reading a manpage (or searching for a string > and not finding it) then you look at the "See Also" section. In xterm(1) > the see also has X(7). In there a search for -g keeps popping up a bunch > of geometry examples which use the same format of NxN+N-N. Yes and we all know : comandlineparameter that looks the same are the same yes? No they could be something else ... > Still not fully convinced -g and -geometry are the same? <snip> I am not the one to be convinced, but may be other are to be less iritated ... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
