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Subject: Re: Bug with -xrm
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From: Pekka Marjola <pema@iki.fi>
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Date: 26 Aug 1997 08:47:33 +0300
In-Reply-To: Didier Verna's message of "25 Aug 1997 16:54:33 +0200"
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>>>>> In <qyjrabi48k6.fsf@metheny.enst.fr>,
>>>>> On 25 Aug 1997 16:54:33 +0200,
>>>>> "DV" == Didier Verna <verna@inf.enst.fr> writes:

>> Pekka Marjola <pema@iki.fi> writes:
>> 
>> > I have been using xemacs -xrm "*Desk: 4" to get XEmacs on certain fvwm
>> > desktop for a long time now. At some latest 20.3 betas it does not
>> > work anymore for some reason.
>> > 
>> > I did upgrade fvwm to 2.0.46, but XEmacs-20.2 still works correctly.

DV> According to what they say in the fvwm man page, this Xt
DV> resource is not handled directly by fvwm, but should be supported by
DV> each application willing to support it (I think it means that each
DV> application supporting this resource will ask the WM for a particular
DV> position on screen). After checking in xemacs source code, I found no
DV> trace of such a resource. So we can't really say it is a bug can we ?
DV> It just mean that xemacs doesn't support it.

But 20.2 does support. I don't have any old betas around, so I cannot
say when the problem appeared. Propably something around b17.

DV> Alternately, you could probably use the StartOnDesk command in 
DV> your .fvwmrc file.

Yes, I know. I could even make a kludge to first set StartsOnPage and
then unset it, but I'd prefer easier solution, as -xrm worked earlier.

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