From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Peter_M=C3=BCnster?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: positioning of window in X no more possible Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:13 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <0E8DC666-96D6-4436-BC60-6BF9DF6A0EE3@Web.DE> <87pr92ofmr.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254732588 4583 80.91.229.12 (5 Oct 2009 08:49:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:49:48 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs Users Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 05 10:49:44 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MujGJ-0003Cd-GW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:49:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46856 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MujGJ-0007A3-JY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:49:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MujFz-00079o-6T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:49:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MujFt-00079R-5v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:49:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57901 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MujFs-00079E-Jh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp19.orange.fr ([80.12.242.18]:37650) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MujFs-0008Jt-0w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1922.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 19ED020000AC for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1922.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 07E7520000AD for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from gaston.couberia.bzh (ARennes-358-1-126-100.w92-129.abo.wanadoo.fr [92.129.37.100]) by mwinf1922.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id C11F320000AC for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:14 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20091005084914791.C11F320000AC@mwinf1922.orange.fr Original-Received: by gaston.couberia.bzh (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 30B503082D; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaston.couberia.bzh (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056B330822 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:13 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: peter@gaston.couberia.bzh In-Reply-To: <87pr92ofmr.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:68678 Archived-At: On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Tim X wrote: > Its been a while since I looked at geometry specifications. Last time I > looked into it, there was some variation in how geometry values are > interpreted for window managers that also provide virtual > windows/workspaces. > > > > What window manager are you using? Hello Tim, I'm using fvwm (version 2.5.26). Now I've tested KDE and failsafe-session (no window manager at all), and indeed: no problem! So it's the fvwm window manager, that ignores the position hint. So thanks for your answer! I'm going to test the latest fvwm version now. Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/