[PD-dev] pd-gui 0.43: fixed position/size

errordeveloper at gmail.com errordeveloper at gmail.com
Sun Jul 18 17:32:43 CEST 2010


usually app-defaults file used for this

why there is no command line flag for it ??

if we have a -typeface flag, why there is no -geometry flag ?

and say if there is no such argument or it's an empty string,
let's set it to this "=500x400+20+50" 

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:27:50PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> I'm not opposed to removing it as long as you are willing to test on all 
> platforms (basic X11, GNOME, Mac OSX and Windows).  That's the scary part 
> of making changes to GUI things like that.  I did most of my development 
> using Mac OS X with X11 so I could run the same code in basic X11 and Mac 
> OS X at the same time.  Then I'd do sessions in Ubuntu to test there.  Then 
> I did occasional tests on Windows.
>
> .hc
>
> On Jul 16, 2010, at 5:11 AM, IOhannes zmölnig wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> i'm wondering why the geometry (position/size) of the main pd-window is
>> hard-coded in the new gui.
>>
>> pdwindow.tcl:257  "wm geometry .pdwindow =500x400+20+50"
>>
>> tcl figures out the needed size of the window quite fine for me, but
>> what annoys me a bit is that the window position is hardcoded.
>>
>> window managers are usually quite good at finding out, where there is
>> still place for new windows.
>> starting several instances of Pd will all force the main window to be on
>> the same position.
>>
>> the reason why it annoys me most, is that when i start it Pd, the window
>> is always hidden behind my terminal (yakuake).
>>
>> if there is no really good reason, i would opt for removing this line.
>>
>>
>> fgmasdr
>> IOhannes
>>
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