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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2012-07-05 09:52:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2012-07-05 09:52:00 (GMT) |
| commit | 6bf208caa4ca1ba985f1e0c4e947819f4a668dcc (patch) | |
| tree | 7007cb3fb123c0ac071b9ea04e106d63ece4362b /doc/wm.n | |
| parent | cdbc9096f395bf521db11b676a9bd06b7bd040f8 (diff) | |
| parent | 2857a3a8d3d9a4b43c5f40d67bd8aa1ca39f71c3 (diff) | |
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[Bug 3538401]: Better description of the key difference between [wm geometry]
and [winfo geometry]
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@@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ If \fInewGeometry\fR is specified as an empty string then any existing user-specified geometry for \fIwindow\fR is cancelled, and the window will revert to the size requested internally by its widgets. +.PP +Note that this is related to \fBwinfo geometry\fR, but not the same. That can +only query the geometry, and always reflects Tk's current understanding of the +actual size and location of \fIwindow\fR, whereas \fBwm geometry\fR allows +both setting and querying of the \fIwindow manager\fR's understanding of the +size and location of the window. This can vary significantly, for example to +reflect the addition of decorative elements to \fIwindow\fR such as title +bars, and window managers are not required to precisely follow the requests +made through this command. .RE .TP \fBwm grid \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbaseWidth baseHeight widthInc heightInc\fR? |