prefposition'ing psview

[Mark Callow]

In article <1990Apr27.143504.3705 at eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>,
pstowne at zargon.lerc.nasa.gov (Charles E. Towne) writes:
|> Is it possible to define a default position and size for the window
|> created when using psview?  I know about using prefposition in my
|> user.ps file.  According to T fine M, the name to be used with
|> prefposition for NeWS programs is the one assigned by IconLabel.
|> However, IconLabel isn't used in any of the sources I have for
|> psview (in /usr/NeWS/clientsrc).

You are right.  Psview defines its own PaintIcon functions which just
paints the FrameLabel.  There isn't any way to define a default position.
Since you have the source you can go ahead and change psview yourself.
Just define IconLabel as (psview) or as FrameLabel, which is
the name of the file being previewed, depending on your preference.
The window for changes to the forthcoming software release just closed
so you won't be seeing a fix from us in the near future.

Note you can use the -F option to give Frame a fixed size window suitable
for an 8.5 * 11 inch page.  I find this a lot more convenient than having
to stretch out the window.
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