"PERROTON, Laurent" said:
>
> Isn't this the use of the "-geometry" option of the X programs ? (It works
> for me)
>
> From man X :
>
> Geometry Specifications

It's up to a developer of an X application whether the geometry option
will be available or not. Geometry could also be set through an X resource
database (xrdb) but that too would have to be supported in the application
so it's up to a developer as well.

For that reason not all of the X applications support options for geometry
specification. Take "evince" application for example.

Generally X11 doesn't force the way applications should behave and which
options they should support. This led to somewhat inconsistent behavior
of the X11 window interface. This was probably the main reason for writing
the excellent ICCCM document.

-- 
Josip Deanovic


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