Lee Revell wrote: >On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, Rick Wright wrote: > > >>Rui Nuno Capela wrote: >> >> >> >>>Rick Wright wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I'd like the qjackctl windows (i.e. the control window, messages, >>>>connections, status) to open for a subsequent executation in the same >>>>screen locations as I had them at shutdown from the last execution. >>>>Is this possible? I can't seem to find an option for this. >>>> >>>>All (and only those) windows that were visible from the previous >>>>execution do indeed appear on the subsequent application run (which >>>>is good), but the window positioning appears to be forgotten. >>>> >>>>Rui, if this is not currently supported, would it be possible to add >>>>this feature? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Window positioning persistence is already featured and is default >>>behavior, for quite some time. AFAICS its been ever since ;). Problem >>>is that behavior may vary, with some glitches depending on your >>>particular WM. It is well known, at least to me, that window positions >>>aren't remembered very well if you stick to use the WM close button on >>>those window titles, usually the ones labeled as [X]. OTOH if you use >>>qjackctl main window control buttons, to toggle child window >>>visibility and to quit application, all seems to work just fine ;) or >>>so I believe and been told. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I am finding inconsistency in the window positioning persistence. >>Sometimes the windows appear in the same position, sometimes they >>don't. This has been tested using only the QJC main window control >>buttons as recommended above. >> >>Leaving the windows open (only testing using 4 of them: main, status, >>messages, connections) upon shutdown (quit on main window) and >>restarting QJC sometimes gives the same locations and sometimes not, but >>it seems that the windows don't like the presence of other windows (i.e. >>an xterm from which to start QJC!) and the most prevalent offender is >>the main window. Actually, it seems that upon the first restart of QJC, >>the positions are remembered, but without moving any windows, a second >>quit/restart results in some windows appearing cascaded from the top >>left of the desktop. Window sizes are always remembered. >> >>Can anyone else reproduce this? >> >> > >What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which >version? > >Lee > > > > Reply try #3..... Running an up-to-date FC4/GNOME (2.6.10) system. Rick
