On Saturday 02 of February 2013 10:11:33 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > Ludo Brands wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > kubuntu 12.04 64 bit. lazarus 1.0.4 and 1.1 39930. > > > > Tired of re-positioning IDE windows after lazarus start-up I have > > defined custom positions for the main IDE windows. Now, when I start up > > the computer and start lazarus, the windows are all messed up. I close > > lazarus, restart lazarus and some of the windows are in the correct > > position, restart lazarus again and all windows are as defined!! > > Sometimes a 4th restart is needed. I can restart lazarus as many times > > as needed thereafter and the windows will be positioned fine, until the > > next reboot. > > > > When the windows are messed up, the position is random but not the > > window sizes. The windows sizes are as pre-defined or saved (I have only > > 6 custom positions, the other are restore window geometry) but the Main > > Menu will be in the position of fe. the console window or message > > window, etc. As if a the window positions are restored with a wrong, > > random, offset. > > > > Is there something I can do to debug this? This is repeatable and could > > be the reason for some of the complaints of some people about window > > positions not always being restored correctly (Graeme?). Combine this > > behaviour with restore window geometry and there is no way to get your > > original window positions back since, the wrong positions are saved when > > exiting lazarus. > > Might be worth checking whether this is specific to GTK, i.e. Qt is > unaffected. I notice that when running a Lazarus+GTK program (including > the IDE itself) on Debian+KDE (which I believe is comparable with > Kubuntu) some windows sporadically minimise themselves when desktops are > switched.
Actually, pager minimizes windows when you switch desktops , thats how virtual desktops works on X11. zeljko -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
