standard "xwininfo" not installed by FC7T4

ron flory ron.flory at adtran.com
Tue May 8 13:58:38 UTC 2007


Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 08:28 -0500, ron flory wrote:
>> While xwininfo is not used everyday by everybody, its
>> pretty important when you need to determine window
>> location and geometry during workspace and application
>> setup and tweaking.
>>
>>   xwininfo is useful in determining window geometry
>> when you need to tell your window manager to open a
>> specific program at a specific location and size the
>> next time you run it.
>>
>>   Dropping xwininfo is like dropping ps or wc.  They are
>> obscure tools that you may not use everyday, but when
>> you need them, you really NEED them...
>>
> 
> Whats wrong with just installing them when you need them ?

  If X is installed, xwininfo should be installed.  I can't
be the only person who does this sort of thing...

  xwininfo is a tiny prog and was installed in support of X
by all previous RH and FC distros I can remember (since before
RH 4).  Why remove it now?

ron




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