On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 09:19:49AM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a rather annoying problem when running java apps. The windows that are
> produced by java apps don't obey my manual placement. For some of the apps,
> it always goes right to the top left corner of my virtual window, hiding even
> the handles and menu in the handles, make me cannot grab it to move it.
> For some windows app, it just tends to go more to the top left.
>
> I only see this happens with java programs. I am not sure what causes this. I
> am using FVWM 2.4.8 compiled from source on Redhat Linux 7.3. Here is part of
> my rc files that specify window placement. Any help would greatly
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[snip]
> # With SmartPlacement, windows will normally place themselves over icons.
> # Uncomment this to change that.
> #StubbornPlacement
Note: this style was removed in the transition from fvwm-1.x to
fvwm-2.x.
> # NoPPosition instructs fvwm to ignore the PPosition field in window
> # geometry hints. Emacs annoyingly sets PPosition to (0,0)!
> Style "*" NoPPosition
NoPPosition only prevents that programs can set their initial
size using the PPos (program specified position) hint. They can
still enforce their position with the user specified position
hints (which fvwm is forbidden to ignore by the spec), or change
their position afterwards. In 2.4.x, there is no way to prevent
thisi. But because of the ever growing number of applications
whose developers think they know better where the windows should
appear than the user, I've implemented a few new styles to control
that behaviour in 2.5.x:
Style * NoUSPosition
Style * FixedPSize
You may want to apply these styles only to the misbehaving
windows, not all windows. The latest release is fvwm-2.5.2, but
it is *unstable* and may crash at any time, when the wrong
features are used (there are known crashes with dynamic menus and
the MenuStyle command not using the default style).
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Thu Aug 01 2002 - 12:03:21 BST