[Lazarus] IDE window positions

[zeljko]

On Saturday 02 of February 2013 10:11:33 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Ludo Brands wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > kubuntu 12.04 64 bit. lazarus 1.0.4 and 1.1 39930.
> > 
> > Tired of re-positioning IDE windows after lazarus start-up I have
> > defined custom positions for the main IDE windows. Now, when I start up
> > the computer and start lazarus, the windows are all messed up. I close
> > lazarus, restart lazarus and some of the windows are in the correct
> > position, restart lazarus again and all windows are as defined!!
> > Sometimes a 4th restart is needed. I can restart lazarus as many times
> > as needed thereafter and the windows will be positioned fine, until the
> > next reboot.
> > 
> > When the windows are messed up, the position is random but not the
> > window sizes. The windows sizes are as pre-defined or saved (I have only
> > 6 custom positions, the other are restore window geometry) but the Main
> > Menu will be in the position of fe. the console window or message
> > window, etc. As if a the window positions are restored with a wrong,
> > random, offset.
> > 
> > Is there something I can do to debug this? This is repeatable and could
> > be the reason for some of the complaints of some people about window
> > positions not always being restored correctly (Graeme?). Combine this
> > behaviour with restore window geometry and there is no way to get your
> > original window positions back since, the wrong positions are saved when
> > exiting lazarus.
> 
> Might be worth checking whether this is specific to GTK, i.e. Qt is
> unaffected. I notice that when running a Lazarus+GTK program (including
> the IDE itself) on Debian+KDE (which I believe is comparable with
> Kubuntu) some windows sporadically minimise themselves when desktops are
> switched.

Actually, pager minimizes windows when you switch desktops , thats how virtual 
desktops works on X11.

zeljko