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+.HP +int XWMGeometry\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, int \fIscreen\fP\^, char +*\fIuser_geom\fP\^, char *\fIdef_geom\fP\^, unsigned int \fIbwidth\fP\^, +XSizeHints *\fIhints\fP\^, int *\fIx_return\fP, int *\fIy_return\fP\^, int +*\fIwidth_return\fP\^, int *\fIheight_return\fP\^, int +*\fIgravity_return\fP\^); +.SH ARGUMENTS +.IP \fIposition\fP 1i +.br +.ns +.IP \fIdefault_position\fP 1i +Specify the geometry specifications. +.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i +Specifies the connection to the X server. +.IP \fIfheight\fP 1i +.br +.ns +.IP \fIfwidth\fP 1i +Specify the font height and width in pixels (increment size). +.IP \fIparsestring\fP 1i +Specifies the string you want to parse. +.IP \fIscreen\fP 1i +Specifies the screen. +.IP \fIwidth_return\fP 1i +.br +.ns +.IP \fIheight_return\fP 1i +Return the width and height determined. +.IP \fIxadder\fP 1i +.br +.ns +.IP \fIyadder\fP 1i +Specify additional interior padding needed in the window. +.IP \fIx_return\fP 1i +.br +.ns +.IP \fIy_return\fP 1i +Return the x and y offsets. +.IP \fIbwidth\fP 1i +Specifies the border width. +.IP \fIhints\fP 1i +Specifies the size hints for the window in its normal state. +.IP \fIdef_geom\fP 1i +Specifies the application's default geometry or NULL. +.IP \fIgravity_return\fP 1i +Returns the window gravity. +.IP \fIuser_geom\fP 1i +Specifies the user-specified geometry or NULL. +.SH DESCRIPTION +By convention, +X applications use a standard string to indicate window size and placement. +.ZN XParseGeometry +makes it easier to conform to this standard because it allows you +to parse the standard window geometry. +Specifically, this function lets you parse strings of the form: +.LP +.\" Start marker code here +.Ds +[=][<\fIwidth\fP>{xX}<\fIheight\fP>][{+-}<\fIxoffset\fP>{+-}<\fIyoffset\fP>] +.De +.\" End marker code here +.LP +The fields map into the arguments associated with this function. +(Items enclosed in <\^> are integers, items in [\^] are optional, and +items enclosed in {\^} indicate ``choose one of.'' +Note that the brackets should not appear in the actual string.) +If the string is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding, +the result is implementation-dependent. +.LP +The +.ZN XParseGeometry +function returns a bitmask that indicates which of the four values (width, +height, xoffset, and yoffset) were actually found in the string +and whether the x and y values are negative. +By convention, \-0 is not equal to +0, because the user needs to +be able to say ``position the window relative to the right or bottom edge.'' +For each value found, the corresponding argument is updated. +For each value not found, the argument is left unchanged. +The bits are represented by +.ZN XValue , +.ZN YValue , +.ZN WidthValue , +.ZN HeightValue , +.ZN XNegative , +or +.ZN YNegative +and are defined in +.hN X11/Xutil.h . +They will be set whenever one of the values is defined +or one of the signs is set. +.LP +If the function returns either the +.ZN XValue +or +.ZN YValue +flag, +you should place the window at the requested position. +.LP +The +.ZN XWMGeometry +function combines any geometry information (given in the format used by +.ZN XParseGeometry ) +specified by the user and by the calling program with size hints +(usually the ones to be stored in WM_NORMAL_HINTS) and returns the position, +size, and gravity +.Pn ( NorthWestGravity , +.ZN NorthEastGravity , +.ZN SouthEastGravity , +or +.ZN SouthWestGravity ) +that describe the window. +If the base size is not set in the +.ZN XSizeHints +structure, +the minimum size is used if set. +Otherwise, a base size of zero is assumed. +If no minimum size is set in the hints structure, +the base size is used. +A mask (in the form returned by +.ZN XParseGeometry ) +that describes which values came from the user specification +and whether or not the position coordinates are relative +to the right and bottom edges is returned. +Note that these coordinates will have already been accounted for +in the x_return and y_return values. +.LP +Note that invalid geometry specifications can cause a width or height +of zero to be returned. +The caller may pass the address of the hints win_gravity field +as gravity_return to update the hints directly. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +XSetWMProperties(3X11) +.br +\fI\*(xL\fP |