off topic.
does this mean you basically cannot open two instances of netscape and use
different geometry for each???
erik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu [mailto:owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu]On Behalf Of
> Dan Espen
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:26 AM
> To: 'fvwm'
> Subject: Re: FVWM: Move and resize question
>
>
> "Steffl, Erik" <esteffl_at_pbi.net> writes:
> > the netscape's understanding of the geometry seems to be
> pretty wierd, I
> > have tried various geometry setting and they do not work as
> described in X
> > man page, the same geometry settings work fine with other X
> programs.
>
> Here are the geometry lines from the 4.6 Netscape.ad file:
>
> ! By default, the geometries of components (browsers, mail,
> address book, etc)
> ! are saved in ~/.netscape/preferences.js. If this pisses
> you off, uncomment
> ! the following line and Netscape will not remember component
> geometries.
> !
> ! Equivalent to using the '-dont-save-geometry-prefs' startup flag.
> !
> !*dontSaveGeometryPrefs: True
> !
> ! Uncomment the following line to ignore any geometry preferences that
> ! might have been saved.
> !
> ! Equivalent to using the '-ignore-geometry-prefs' startup flag.
> !
> !*ignoreGeometryPrefs: True
> ! Geometry
> !
> ! Here's how you set the default sizes and positions of the
> Netscape windows:
> !
> ! For the web browser window: Netscape.Navigator.geometry:
> =500x700+100-0
> ! For the mail reader: Netscape.Mail.geometry: =500x800+200-0
> ! For the news reader: Netscape.News.geometry: =500x800+300-0
> ! For the mail editor:
> Netscape.Composition.geometry: =400x600
> ! For the bookmarks window: Netscape.Bookmarks.geometry:
> =300x900-0-0
> ! For the address book window:
> Netscape.AddressBook.geometry: =600x900-300-0
> ! For the download windows: Netscape.Download.geometry:
> =500x200-0-0
> !
> ! In previous versions of Netscape, we suggested setting the
> geometry on the
> ! TopLevelShell class; don't do that any more. It will
> affect *all* of the
> ! top-level Netscape windows, including bookmarks and message
> composition and
> ! so on, which is probably not what you want.
>
>
> As you can see from this, they don't recommend setting an
> overall geometry.
> Putting one on the command line probably qualifies.
>
> Anyway, you may find something helpful in the above information.
>
> > erik
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu
> [mailto:owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu]On Behalf Of
> > > Patrick Cevasco
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 5:52 PM
> > > To: fvwm_at_fvwm.org
> > > Subject: Re: FVWM: Move and resize question
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 25 January 2000, Jason Kibblewhite wrote:
> > >
> > > I tried using "-geometry" with netscape and it didn't work.
> > > I might have spelled it wrong before because it does now size
> > > the window correctly but it doesn't locate it. I did
> > > netscape -help
> > > and looked at the syntax so I think I'm at least doing it
> > > correctly now. Oh well, I'll deal with it.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > pat
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Subject: FVWM: Move and resize question
> > > > Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:23:01PM -0800
> > > >
> > > > Time to reply!
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Patrick Cevasco (pcevasco_at_altavista.com):
> > > > > I'm using fvwm2-2.2.2-3
> > > > >
> > > > > I have several programs (like Netscape) which I run
> > > during InitFunction and would like them to pop-up at specific
> > > locations and sizes on different desks within FVWMPager. For
> > > example, I have Desks 0 thru 3 and would like Netscape to
> > > load to Desk 1 with a certain size and location without Focus
> > > moving to Desk 1.
> > > > --snip--
> > > > >
> > > > > But that doesn't work either. I also used FvwmIdent to
> > > find the correct Class (Netscape) and Resource (Navigator)
> > > and neither work. Most programs are easy because of "-geometry".
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well unless I've not understood the question, but netscape
> > > just support the
> > > > -geometry argument. Why not use that?
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