Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 14 Dec 1999 15:07:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 16791 invoked from network); 14 Dec 1999 15:07:02 -0000 Received: from mercury.sun.com (192.9.25.1) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 14 Dec 1999 15:07:02 -0000 Received: from France.Sun.COM ([129.157.188.1]) by mercury.Sun.COM (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA29050 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 07:07:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from sunchorus.france.sun.com by France.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4-sd.fkk205) id QAA05747; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:06:58 +0100 Received: from ocarina.France.Sun.COM (ocarina [129.157.196.17]) by sunchorus.france.sun.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA13850 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:06:58 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ydirson@localhost) by ocarina.France.Sun.COM (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) id QAA06351; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:06:56 +0100 (MET) From: Yann Dirson - LOGATIQUE MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14422.23824.713748.838484@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:06:56 +0100 (MET) To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: mgp: %system "-geometry %..." handling is wrong X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 8) "Bryce Canyon" XEmacs Lucid Package: mgp Version: 1.06a.19991206-1 Severity: wishlist Using the following command gives unexpected results, and has no easy replacement: %system "xterm -geometry %50x50+25+25" This is because xterm interprets -geometry height and width in units of characters. So mgp should not rely on this to enforce a size - other apps may use the same convention. A good replacement would be to grab the window as a window-manager would, and put it in a sub-window of the mgp window, on which we'll have perfect control. As this is a different functionnality from what %system does, maybe a new command has to be created.