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Bug with tvtwm/(epoch/gnuemacs) interaction?

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From: Dave Detlefs
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 22:37
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First, a meta-problem: I am unable to find an address for bug reports
in any of the obvious files (README, PROBLEMS, etc.) in the
distribution.

The specific question I had concerned the interaction of tvtwm and
epoch/gnuemacs.  It is supposed to be the case in tvtwm that if the
currently active portion of the virtual desktop is not in the upper
left corner, then geometry specifications for newly-started X programs
that give position indications will be treated as being relative to
the currently screen.  Epoch and gnuemacs treat all geometry position
specifications as relative to the origin of the virtual desktop.

More concretely, lets say my tvtwm virtual desktop is 4 screens wide
and 2 screens high, and I'm currently in the third screen from the
left in the top row.  If my .Xdefaults gives 

epoch*screen.geometry: 163x55+5+5
epoch*minibuf.geometry: 100x2+5+730

then starting a new epoch will put both the minibuffer and the initial
screen on the *first* screen of the virtual desktop, where it will be
invisible to me.

Anybody know what the problem is here?

Thanks...

Dave
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From: detlefs@src.dec.com (Dave Detlefs)
Subject: Bug with tvtwm/(epoch/gnuemacs) interaction?
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