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Volume 7B: XView Reference Manual
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Volume 7B: XView Reference Manual

by Dan Heller
September 1991
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
311 pages
7h 17m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Short: –WG
Type: string of the format: {WxH}{[+-]x[+-]y}
Resource: Window.Geometry
Default: Depends on the application.
Examples:
cmdtool -geometry 500x600
Makes the base frame 500×600 pixels, with the position set by the
window manager.
cmdtool -WG +10+20
Makes the base frame of the default size with the left-hand side of
the frame 10 pixels from the left-hand side of the screen, and the top
of the frame 20 pixels from the top of the screen.
cmdtool -WG -10+20
Makes the base frame of the default size with the right-hand side of
the frame 10 pixels from the right-hand side of the screen, and the
top of the frame 20 pixels from the top of the screen.
cmdtool -geometry 400x300-0-0
Makes the base frame 400×300 pixels with the right-hand side of the
frame flush against the right-hand side of the screen, and the bottom
of the frame flush with the bottom of the screen.
–help
Prints a description of the valid command-line arguments for the application.
Short: –WH
Type: None
Resource: None
Default: None
–icon_font
Sets the name of the font used for the application’s icon. To find out what fonts are
available, use xlsfonts.
Short: –WT
Type: string
Resource: Icon.Font.Name
Default: Depends on the application.
Example:
cmdtool -WT ’*century schoolbook*’
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–icon_image
Sets the default filename for the icon’s image. However, the application can overwrite
this setting and display its own icon image. The ...
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