Re: [gtk-list] Re: window placement upon startup

[Robert Roebling <roebling ruf uni-freiburg de>]

  Hi,

yes, that is the one that doesn't work before the X window
gets mapped. All this might be bug in KWM, but that doesn't
make it less annyoing,

  Robert

> have you tried gtk_widget_set_uposition( GTK_WIDGET(base_window), xpos,
> ypos)?
>
> >  Hi,
> >
> >how do I position a dialog or window when showing
> >it for the first time using GTK 1.2.3 and the
> >window manager from KDE 1.0. I have no problems
> >positioing it after it gets mapped, but that
> >entails that the dialog comes up just about anywhere
> >in screen and then gets moved to the correct place
> >(usually centered) - which, of course, looks ridiculous.