[KPhotoAlbum] [PATCH 2/3] SettingsData: Default window geometry calculated

[Henner Zeller]

HI,

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Michael Witten <mfwitten at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> On 23 Sep 2008, at 9:15 AM, Michael Witten wrote:
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>>> On 23 Sep 2008, at 11:19 AM, Henner Zeller wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> I'd  probably suggest  to  do this  calculation only  on
>>> platforms  that don't  have a  decent window  manager (I
>>> always  hate if  the  applications  override the  decent
>>> placement my window manager suggests).
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps we  can use (0,0)  when Q_WS_X11 is  defined (is
>> that  an official  macro?). However,  does (0,0)  really
>> provide a window  in a decent location  for X11 systems?
>> Is that a standard? Wouldn't it be better to give a more
>> specific hint?
>
> What exactly is the behavior of using (0,0) on your system?
> What makes it preferable to providing a more direct hint?

Ok, I tried it. It will actually place the window at the top corner
(below the KDE panel). So having something that does some kind of
centering by default is probably ok.

>
> The code I've written simply provides an educated guess at
> a good default; the window manager would still choose, I
> assume.
>
> In short, I don't see the point of using (0,0) and Q_WS_X11.
>