On Wed, 12 Mar 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am using Linux, wish 4.2, fvwm (focus follows mouse). I've observed several
> effects that may be related to the window manager:
>
> 1. The attribute bar "drifts" from one use of vtcl to the next. By this i
> mean it moves maybe 5-10 pixels up and to the left on the screen. I assume that
> vtcl records its position when it quits and resets it at startup. Strangely
> this doesn't happen with the geometry info, widget info, widget bar, etc.
> 2. I have several toplevels (in my project), and a short piece of code called
> from main that hides them all at startup (although I usually save with most of
> them hidden anyways). However, if i don't hide them, I save, then quit and
> reload, they all "drift" the same as the attribute bar.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this effect?
>
> Chris Kelly / TRW Systems Integration Group
>
>
It drifts right horizontally, with no vertical change, for me on both
HP-UX running HP's CDE and Solaris 2.4 running Motif. Generally,
Motif-style WMs try to impose some "drifting" on you on the theory that
you don't want apps coming right up on top of each other....
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