Re: Bug in CVS Emacs frame positioning under X

[Jan Djärv]

Fran Litterio wrote:

> If there were a function that can be called to synchronously obtain the current
> position of a window, then x_check_expected_move() could use that function
> instead of relying on possibly incorrect data from the last ConfigureNotify
> event.
>
> I don't (yet) know enough about X Window system programming to know if such a
> function exists.  If someone does know, please inform me.  If I find a solution,
> I'll submit a patch.


XSync, XMoveWindow, and then XSync again should make the next ConfigureWindow 
contain the position after move.  XGetGeometry and XGetWindowAttributes should 
do the trick.

        Jan D.