msfb Window Properties

[jacunski]

Hi.

I'm running Cadence Composer under AIX, and I'm wondering if I can set
the default window size and placement of the msfb window. For example,
for emacs, I can set these things in my .Xdefaults using the geometry
resource:

Emacs.geometry: 145x45+130+130

I've tried something like

msfb.geometry: 145x45+130+130

but that doesn't work. Of course, I have no idea if I'm using the
correct widget names, etc. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

-- Mark

 

[Bernd Fischer]

Firtst the window you mean is called CIW
(Command Interpreter Window)

Look in your installation directory
under
<install_dir>/tools/dfII/cdsuser
you'll find a sample .Xdefaults file

! ********************************************************
! * These resources set the default position of the CIW. *
! ********************************************************
!
!Opus.x: !!!(screen_width - Opus.width)/2
!Opus.y: 0
!Opus.width: 725
!Opus.height: 130
! *** Or you can use the geometry specification
! *** if you don't want to use the x,y,width,height
! *** resources independently
!Opus.geometry:


or use SKILL and put in you $HOME/.cdsinit file

hiFlush()
hiResizeWindow(hiGetCIWindow() list(x1:y1 x2:y2))

Bernd


jacunski wrote:

Hi.

I'm running Cadence Composer under AIX, and I'm wondering if I can set
the default window size and placement of the msfb window. For example,
for emacs, I can set these things in my .Xdefaults using the geometry
resource:

Emacs.geometry: 145x45+130+130

I've tried something like

msfb.geometry: 145x45+130+130

but that doesn't work. Of course, I have no idea if I'm using the
correct widget names, etc. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

-- Mark

 

[jacunski]

Thanks -- worked like a champ!

-- Mark

 

[fogh]

Bernd Fischer > wrote:

Firtst the window you mean is called CIW
(Command Interpreter Window)

Look in your installation directory
under
install_dir>/tools/dfII/cdsuser
you'll find a sample .Xdefaults file

! ********************************************************
! * These resources set the default position of the CIW. *
! ********************************************************
!
!Opus.x: !!!(screen_width - Opus.width)/2
!Opus.y: 0
!Opus.width: 725
!Opus.height: 130
! *** Or you can use the geometry specification
! *** if you don't want to use the x,y,width,height
! *** resources independently
!Opus.geometry:


or use SKILL and put in you $HOME/.cdsinit file

hiFlush()
hiResizeWindow(hiGetCIWindow() list(x1:y1 x2:y2))

Bernd


jacunski wrote:

Hi.

I'm running Cadence Composer under AIX, and I'm wondering if I can set
the default window size and placement of the msfb window. For example,
for emacs, I can set these things in my .Xdefaults using the geometry
resource:

Emacs.geometry: 145x45+130+130

I've tried something like

msfb.geometry: 145x45+130+130

but that doesn't work. Of course, I have no idea if I'm using the
correct widget names, etc. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

-- Mark

All things done at the X11 level may not load depending on the login

manager and desktop you are using. The ~/.X* file may not be loaded by
your desktop session, and it gets worse with the CDE/dt init files:
"modern" desktops completely underestimate backward compatibily with
athena/motif/CDE.
Best keep everything in .cdsinit , I even avoid the .cdsenv