[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Use XParseGeometry(3) to handle -geometry

[ben eitzen]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Reimar Döffinger
<Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 04:06:59PM +1000, ben eitzen wrote:
>> I'd like to make mplayer handle -geometry using XParseGeometry and
>> still preserve existing behavior for the mplayer-specific "%" style.
>> The main thing I'm after is negative offsets placing the window
>> relative to the right or bottom of the screen.
>
> Which breaks negative offsets placing the window at, well, negative
> offsets, exactly as the user specified.
> I also doubt that XParseGeometry can take -xineramascreen into account.
> Which overall makes me believe using XParseGeometry just isn't possible.
Ah, okay. What about adding a separate "xgeometry" argument? I'm sure
I'm not the only one who would find this useful.

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