| Re: widget_control,tlb_get_offset under Gnome/RH7.1 [message #26922 is a reply to message #26845] |
Tue, 02 October 2001 03:12  |
Miguel Ángel Córd
Messages: 11
Registered: March 2000
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Nathaniel Livesey wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I seem to be having problems with widget_control,tlb_get_offset
> with IDL version 5.4.1 (linux x86) under RedHat 7.1. Whatever the
> position of the window in question, it always returns [0,0]. It seems
> to be a Gnome related problem, as it works fine under KDE. I tried
> updating to the latest version of sawfish (window manager) and that
> made no difference. Also using WindowMaker as my window manager (still
> under gnome) seemed to make no difference; though I remember it used
> to work before I switched to gnome (but that was Sun and SGI). IDL
> v5.3 on the same platform seems to behave the same way also.
>
> The RedHat 7.1 version of Gnome is 1.2.4 which is quite old, does
> anyone have any experience of IDL under later versions of Gnome?
>
> The program below is a quick test people could try out.
>
> pro Test
> wTestBase = widget_base(title='Test window', $
> xOffset=700, yOffset=700)
> wTestDraw = widget_draw(wTestBase, xSize=200, ySize=200)
> widget_control, wTestBase, /realize
> widget_control, wTestBase, tlb_get_size=derivedSize, $
> tlb_get_offset=derivedOffset
> print, 'Read back position as:', derivedOffset
> print, 'Read back size as:', derivedSize
> widget_control, wTestBase, /destroy
> end
>
> I get:
>
> Read back position as: 0.00000 0.00000
> Read back size as: 200.000 200.000
>
> Whereas one would expect the position to be equal or close to 700,700
> (and indeed with KDE that's what one gets).
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Nathaniel
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------
> Nathaniel Livesey - Microwave Atmospheric Science Team
> Postal address: Mail Stop 183-701, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
> 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109.
> Telephone: [+1] (818) 354 4214 (+voice mail),
> fax: [+1] (818) 393 5065
> Email: livesey@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
> Group web page: http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------
I have the same problem with Gnome in Solaris 8 but not
whit CDE.
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