it is a matter of configuring the window manager you are running.
See ROOTTALK digest for 1997 and search for GOTRA.
If I remember correctly, at some point Yuri Gotra posted a solution
of similar (if not exactly the same) problem.
Sorry for previous empty mail, Pasha
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Otto Schaile writes:
> Hi,
>
> seems I cant place a Canvas at a defined position on screen: I would
> expect TCanvas=new TCanvas("c","c",0,0,500,500) to produce a canvas in the
> upper left corner of the screen, ("c","c",600,500,500,500) something with
> the upper left corner in the middle of the screen.
> I use root 1.03/09 on Linux 2.0.33 and XFree86 Version 3.3
>
> cheers,
> Otto
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