On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:25:31PM +1200, David Antliff wrote: > > Well, I don't know if it's been done before, but I use Fluxbox and as it > stands, it has no ability to place new windows 'interactively' (i.e. > choose to open an xterm, click where you want it to be positioned). I > know it's simple, but if I had a wrapper for XQueryPointer() then I could > use the same technique for any window manager with any window that > supports the -geometry option, by having the menu or keybinding run a > script that gets the current mouse coordinates. > > Simple really eh? :)
Sounds cool. But, uh, wasn't there problems with -geometry? There is some problem like gnome programs don't like it. I remember a discussion a year back about how should a multi-window program handle -geometry. And what about programs with splash screens, etc.. I have a bad memory, hopefully I'll jog someone else's memory enough for them to flame me and tell me to stfu :) JohnFlux > > Dave. > > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Brad Hards wrote: > > > XQueryPointer is probably what you want (Xlib Reference Manual, pg 496-7, also > > in man page :) > > > > What is the idea? > > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert --
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