On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 20:27 -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > On 4/6/08, Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't have an opinion in the matter, but I don't use Metacity and > > the last time I've tried I could track the windows positions between > > sessions, but it's a feature that I don't use. [...] > Is there any scripting control over where Windows are positioned? > Meaning, can I create a script file that I just run from the > commandline once when I login such that I can start an xterm and then > tell metacity to position it's window (idenfied by pid I suppose) on a > particular desktop at a particular position? You can use the '-geometry' parameter to select a location and/or size. Gnome applications use '--geometry'. Try xterm -geometry +50+50 to have the window open at 50px from left and 50px from top.. Daniel -- Netbreeze Web Development P 1800 888 981 M 0410 258 253 E info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
