GET_GEOMETRY(4)

Get_Geometry 💅

okay bestie, welcome to Get_Geometry — the manual name is Get_Geometry(special file), folded in right near the top like a little name tag instead of copy-pasting that header line. This page is short, iconic, and fully fact-preserved. Periodt. ✨ It's giving special-file request realness, and I'm obsessed.

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✨ NAME ✨

Get_Geometry — get a tool's on-screen geometry 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

       Get_Geometry(out width w,
               out height h,
               out xOffset x,
               out yOffset y
               [in messageID commission]);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So the Get_Geometry request is your on-screen geometry reporter: it reports the on-screen geometry of the optionally specified window — or, if no window is specified, of the window primarily associated with the recipient procid. That's the main character behavior, no cap.

The w, h, x and y arguments are literally integer geometry values, in pixels, representing width, height, x-coordinate and y-coordinate, respectively:

• w — width, in pixels.
• h — height, in pixels.
• x — x-coordinate, in pixels.
• y — y-coordinate, in pixels.

Negative offset values are interpreted according to the X11(7) man page. Like, do not freestyle a negative offset, bestie — that's the rule, fr fr. 😭

The commission argument is the ID of the ongoing request, if any, that resulted in the creation of the window in question. That “if any” is lowkey important, ngl — don't go inventing one. 🫶

🎀 APPLICATION USAGE 🎀

The ttdt_session_join(3), and ttdt_message_accept(3), functions can be used by Xt applications to register for, and transparently process, the Get_Geometry request. Also, Get_Geometry can be sent by ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3). Slay. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ttdt_message_accept(3)
• ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3)
• ttdt_session_join(3)
• Set_Geometry request

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okay that's the whole page, bestie — source/version footer vibes are Get_Geometry(special file), and date-wise the original had no date line, so I'm not inventing one. Bye, ily, read your man pages. 🦋💜🎀