Re: [pygame] main window location

[Kristofer Wouk <kristofer@hotpop.com>]

Kristofer Wouk wrote:

> Lane LiaBraaten wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 07:38 pm, Jan Ekholm wrote:
> >  
> > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lane LiaBraaten wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Is there a way to configure where on the screen the main pygame window
> > > > appears?
> > > >     
> > > I'd say that depends on the window manager. The easiest way is 
> > > probably to
> > > use fullscreen mode, that way you know what part of the desktop you 
> > > cover.
> > >   
> >
> > To be more specific...
> >
> > I'm using python 2.2 on redhat 7.3 (x11 window manager).  pygame 1.5.6
> >
> > If pygame can't do it, how do I get the window manager to open my 
> > pygame window in the upper left corner (or better, centered on the 
> > screen)?
> >
> > Full screen mode will not work for me because I need to pop up some 
> > windows from other processes that run at the same time.
> >
> > TIA,
> > LGL
> >
> >  
> Here's how I center a window:
>
> os.environ['SDL_SET_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = 'center'
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Kris
oops.... I mean:

os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS'] = 'center'

I don't know why I threw that SET in there...

Kris