Re: FVWM: [Q] IconBox geometries

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 21:05:48 -0400

sam_at_zed.progressive-systems.com writes:
> I am having the darnest time finding the right parameters to pass to
> IconBox.
>
> I resized an xterm to the size I wanted and moved it where I wanted
> the "box" for my icons. Then I used xwininfo and FvwmIdent to get the
> geometry of the xterm. I used those values as args to IconBox, but
> the icons were not placed in the right location when they were
> iconified.
>
> Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on finding the right geometry
> and size to pass as parameters to the option IconBox?

Use xv instead of xterm. The geometries from xterm are in characters,
not pixels.

> Thanks,
> Sam
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