From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:56:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug in gitk - can post the window off screen
Message-ID: <200802071056.19370.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080207063020.GP24004@spearce.org>

torsdagen den 7 februari 2008 skrev Shawn O. Pearce:
> Tommy Thorn <tommy-git@thorn.ws> wrote:
> > Just a quick heads-up: I was running a dual screen setup with gitk on my 
> > 2nd monitor. When I later started gitk up without the 2nd monitor, the 
> > gitk window didn't appear. Given the time between the two sessions, it 
> > didn't occur to me what the problem was.
> > 
> > Gitk should probably validate the "set geometry(main)" variable against 
> > the current resolution.
> 
> Sad to say but this is a known issue with both gitk and git-gui.
> Both applications save the prior geometry and restore it during
> the next run, but neither validates the new geometry makes sense
> with the current available desktop space.  :-\

Seems KDE forces it back into visible space, but it is annoying that the 
gitk/git-gui windows do not come up on the same monitor as my cursor is on. 
Could we change it and save just size, just like "all other" apps?

-- robin