On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:23:37PM -0500, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: > > I don't seem to be able to find in any of the documentation > precisely where the applications get their geometry from. For > examply the size of the window for xemacs, netscape and so on. > There does not seem to be any mention of geometry in > /etc/X11/app-defaults files. I run olvwm with virtual desktops > but I would like to have the windows the size of the screen. I can > clearly fix these on the command line, but I would like to set a > default.
I'm guessing most of the programs have some built-in default. Unless I'm mistaken, Netscrape "remembers" the last size when it exits (preferences.js is where it puts the info, I believe). Apps may or may not respond to something like "emacs.Geometry: 80x80+20+20" in a resource file. I believe you might want such settings in /etc/X11/Xresources/ (for globals) or ~/.Xresources per user. Don't ever bother editing /etc/X11/app-defaults settings, they'll get overwritten on the next upgrade (unless this behavior has changed?). -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
