Perl/Tk how to make main window larger than screen

merrymonk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to make a Perl/Tk main window larger than the screen that I am using on a test PC.
I tried using the following line

$mw_Main->geometry("2000x1000+5+5");
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However, the window is still restricted to the screen size of the PC?
How can I overcome this?

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Re: Perl/Tk how to make main window larger than screen by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2007 at 11:59 UTC
How can I overcome this? By using another window manager, e.g. olvwm ... it is not Tk failing to display the Main Window with that geometry: the window manager forces it into the screen boundaries. update: see my desktop --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply]
Re^2: Perl/Tk how to make main window larger than screen by merrymonk (Hermit) on Dec 06, 2007 at 12:50 UTC
Thank you for that. I will give it a try.	[reply]
Re: Perl/Tk how to make main window larger than screen by graff (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2007 at 13:15 UTC
Just curious... What is the benefit you get from having some portion of the the Tk Main window lying outside the viewing limits of the monitor?	[reply]