[PD-dev] pd 0.43 test4: Canvas Position

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Its a tricky issue because its different which each window manager.   
So I think the best way to address it, in the short run at least, is  
for people to figure out the settings that work best with their window  
manager.  I guess we should make it possible to set this stuff in a  
plugin, so any suggestions of how best to do that would be most  
appreciated.

.hc

On Jan 13, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote:

> Hi
>
> It seems that since Pd 0.43 a Pd file does not save the window manager
> window position and size anymore (at least on linux), but instead the
> position and the size of the canvas, i.e. the white patching area.
>
> This has some implications. Since window decorations (title bar,  
> window
> borders) have different sizes/widths across different window managers,
> but even different sizes across certain themes of certain window
> managers, the patch window of a saved patch doesn't always appear at  
> the
> position where it was saved. Even more, the next time the patch is  
> saved
> and re-loaded, it's shifted again, etc.
>
> I am usually running fluxbox and with my current theme, the offset is
> x: -3px
> y: -9px
>
> With the Ubuntu Lucid default theme (Gnome), the offset is:
> x: -1px
> y: 0px
>
> Can that be addressed somehow, or is it not possible from tcl/tk to  
> know
> the properties of the window decorations?
>
> In fluxbox, there is the side effect, that when xPos or yPos is
> negative, the window is drawn to the next window free area of the  
> screen
> instead of the stored position.
>
> Another new issue since 0.43 in fluxbox is, that a second instance  
> of Pd
> is always opened on the workspace where the first instance is running.
> This wasn't the case with older versions of Pd (i.e.: it was  
> possible to
> start a second instance of Pd in a new workspace.
>
> Is anybody else experiencing similar issues and might have some ideas
> how to resolve this?
>
> Cheers
> Roman
>
>
>
>
>
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