How do you specify astgarting point on the screen for new windows?

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Mon,  5 Apr 2004 12:00:09 +0000 (GMT)
Olivier Fourad wrote:

> 
> And if you use the "geometry" option that most X app provide, something
> like
> 
> my_app -geometry wxh+x+y
> 
> then you *are* requesting a position, so the margins don't count.
> 

Thanks folks...

Does this imply that I should note whether the starting point is consistent across apps? And if not, perhaps I should note which apps fail to keep to the margins and check their apprc files for individual specifications of starting position?

Best,

Pete

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