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5.10. Geometry strings

A geometry string is a standard way of describing the size and location of a top-level window on a desktop.

A geometry string has this general form:

    'wxh±x±y'

where:

For example, a window created with geometry='120x50-0+20' would be 120 pixels wide by 50 pixels high, and its top right corner will be along the right edge of the desktop and 20 pixels below the top edge.