Re: gtk+ 1.2.10, Gtk-Perl 0.7008 -- how the heck do I set initial window position?

[Guillaume Cottenceau <gc mandrakesoft com>]

"Jonathan I. Kamens" <jonathank worldwinner com> writes:

> This works sometimes (i.e., window gets placed without user
> interaction) and doesn't work sometimes (i.e., user gets asked where
> to put the window).  My guess is that it works if the position change
> gets processed by the X server before the window manager realizes that
> there's a window to be positioned.  Despite searching in the
> documentation and on the Web for several hours, I can't find any
> explanation of how to set the initial window position early enough
> that it always works.

you can also try with Gtk::Widget::set_uposition (on a
Gtk::Window though), although there can be interaction problems
with the window-manager, as you already noticed :/.

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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/