From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:49:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitk: don't save the geometry to rc file on exit
Message-ID: <18368.41742.689290.877767@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080223113759.12854.qmail@6a8737aa4695b2.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>

Gerrit Pape writes:

> Saving the geometry can cause several inconveniences, e.g. when using a
> temporary dual screen setup, or sharing ~/.gitk between multiple
> systems.  Additionally it can be argued that window placement and sizing
> are the tasks of the window manager.  So don't do that anymore.

I myself find it useful to have gitk remember the size and layout of
the various panes, so I won't be applying this patch.

The saving/restoring of the window position was done by Mark Levedahl
to make gitk work properly on Cygwin.  I agree it can be annoying on X
and I would take a patch to inhibit the restoring of the window
position when running under X.  I'd want an ack from Mark before
making that change more generally.

Paul.