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

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yeah, that stuff could probably use some work.  Want to take a stab at  
it?  It could be good to have pd-gui be able to save prefs.

.hc

On Jul 18, 2010, at 11:32 AM, errordeveloper at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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