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Re: X11R7.4 multiwindow ignoring title bars for geometry
- From: "Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:07:25 -0600
- Subject: Re: X11R7.4 multiwindow ignoring title bars for geometry
- References: <491A4750.2070004@acm.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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David Rothenberger wrote:
> I start the X server in multiwindow mode using /bin/startxwin.sh. If I
> then type
>
> xterm -geometry +0+0
>
> into the visible XTerm, the new XTerm shows up in the top-left of the
> screen, but the title bar is off the top of the screen and not visible.
> This makes it impossible to move the window. I have to use +5+30 to get
> it where I want. This isn't a problem when I specify the geometry, but
> does cause problems when I run other applications that open their own
> windows. Most recently, I had this problem with wireshark running from a
> Debian Etch server.
>
> This is a regression from the previous X11 release.
Thanks for the bug report. A number of enhancements to multiwindow are
still under development, and a patch for this issue is already in line
for the next release of xorg-server.
Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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