Hi,
The appended patch enables blender to understand the options
--geometry <width>{xX}<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>
or
-G <width>{xX}<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>
beside the option combination
blender -w -p <sx> <sy> <w> <h>
to specify window size and/or position of the blender window.
Examples:
blender --geometry 600x400+100+200
corresponds to
blender -w -p 100 200 600 400
It is also possible to only specify the position or size using the --geometry option:
blender --geometry 600x400
blender --geometry +100+200
...even if the latter variant doesn't make sense as blender tries to
use all available screen space when no size is explicitly given...
Regards, Dietrich
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First revision :)
In file: source/creator/creator.c
The comment:
/* get port number */
rather should be:
/* get geometry option value */
:)
I don't see a good reason to add this, current method works fine, alternative options will only add confusement.
Hi Ton,
ok...
...the reason why it should be added anyway is that the --geometry
option is a standard way to specify the geometry - and the way you are
doing it now is not at all.
So in my case I am confused about the necessity to write something like
blender -w -p <sx> <sy> <w> <h>
and on the contrary
blender --geometry 600x400+100+200
doesn't confuse me at all.
...ok, I am a Unix / Linux user and believe in the sense of standards.
May be that makes the difference in our perception.
I am using the patch in my private blender version and therefor put it
on launchpad for easy upgrade.
Here is the link:
https://code.launchpad.net/~diresu/blender/blender-geometry-option
If some day later you feel like using it - please feel free to get it
from there :)
Thanks for your hard work on developing blender!
With best wishes,
Dietrich
If you want to do a fair comparison:
blender --geometry 600x400+100+200
is equal to
blender -p 100 200 600 400
Hi Ton,
> If you want to do a fair comparison:
>
> blender --geometry 600x400+100+200
>
> is equal to
>
> blender -p 100 200 600 400
Sorry, didn't know that the -p option only works also - this version looks already less scary :)
I always used the -w and -p options together...
Cheers, Dietrich