Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> writes: > On 2011-10-15 11:44:07 +0200, Sébastien Villemot wrote: >> My understanding is that the default position is middle-of-the-screen at >> the first run of GnuCash, and that if you manually move the window then >> the new position is stored in GConf and restored at next launch. > > No, the default position is not middle-of-the-screen, as if I remove > the /apps/gnucash/dialogs/tip_of_the_day/window_position GConf key, > the position is exactly the one I choose via FVWM.
Do you mean that when you remove that key, then GnuCash respects the position that you choose for the window? (and only in this case if I understand correctly) >> > Second, it should disable the manual placement (like what is done >> > for its main window). >> >> My guess is that GnuCash developers won't accept to change the current >> default behavior. > > I don't see why. This is a bug, which must be fixed. If GnuCash wants > to remember the window position, then fine[*]: it should place the > window at this position and that's all. Asking the user to choose the > window position then change this position is not a correct behavior > (GnuCash is the only application that behaves this way!). If GnuCash has changed the position that you had initially chosen, and in addition has put it off-the-screen, then I agree that this is a bug. However I am not able to reproduce this behavior. Are you able to produce a reproducible test case (ideally with a negative value in the GConf key)? Maybe this has to do with your remote logins with a different screen size, though I don't understand how this could create a negative offset. Best, -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics at CEPREMAP & Debian Maintainer http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Phone: +33-1-40-77-49-90 - GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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