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Conference 7.286::decterm

Title:DECwindows Terminal Emulator
Notice:Please enter QARs in the DECW-SSB database on TRIFID
Moderator:HANNAH::ALFRED
Created:Mon May 04 1987
Last Modified:Tue Apr 15 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1868
Total number of notes:10053

1803.0. "dxterm -geometry with DEC OSF/1 version 3.2" by LOTIMA::SLADDEN () Mon Sep 11 1995 05:14

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1803.1HANNAH::ALFREDAlfred von Campe (DECterm/VTstar)Mon Sep 11 1995 10:159
1803.2LOTIMA::SLADDENWed Sep 13 1995 05:1217
1803.3HANNAH::ALFREDAlfred von Campe (DECterm/VTstar)Wed Sep 13 1995 09:3316
1803.4LOTIMA::SLADDENFri Sep 22 1995 12:5734
1803.5HANNAH::ALFREDAlfred von Campe (DECterm/VTstar)Fri Sep 22 1995 13:197
1803.6LOTIMA::SLADDENMon Sep 25 1995 11:268
1803.7dxterm -geometry with tvtwm & OSF 4.0PADC::PDONAHUEPaul DonahueFri Feb 14 1997 19:0031
I am using the tvtwm window manager (pl11) with a virtual desktop and I can't 
get dxterm to respect the -geometry switch or the x and y resources:

> dxterm -geometry +0+0
> dxterm -geometry +3000+1000
> dxterm -geometry 112x54+3000+1000
> dxterm -xrm "DXterm.x: 3000" -xrm "DXterm.y:1000"

None of these put the window where I want it.  The third one seems to do the
size correctly, but not the placement.  I have a 1280x1024 monitor, but the
virtual desktop is 3840x3072 (3x3 screens).  I want to be able to pop up
windows all over the virtual desktop without having to have the current
display looking at that portion of the desktop (so, for instance, I can set
my .X11Startup to pop up several dxterms in different quadrants).

I don't have a problem using -geometry with "xterm" but I definitely prefer
dxterm's features so I want to try to figure this problem out.

My .twmrc has:
UsePPosition "non-zero"
...so the window manager should respect client-specified placements (and, in 
fact, it does for all other clients).

This happens with the dxterm that came with OSF 4.0 and with the dxterm that 
somebody sent me to fix a bug with the window title.  I don't think it ever
worked properly in OSF 3.2 or 2.0, either.


Thanks,

-Paul