[ILUG] --geometry question

[Conor Daly]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 06:29:40PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
steve ryan thought:
> hey all,
> 
> when launching an app like kbackgammon i can do this:
> 
> ./kbackgammon --geometry 800x600+1+1
> 
> to get the window opened 800x600 in the top left corner
> 
> but when i try this with (for example) kmines or kpoker the window opens in 
> the top left corner ok (the +1+1 part) but the resolution is not 800x600
> 
> any idea why this is? are they just *not* letting me choose the resolution?

Pretty much,  kmines sets its window size according to which level you're
playing while kpoker sets a minimum size so that all cards and info
remains visible.  I guess this overrides what you supplied on the
commandline.

Conor
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