On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 16:00 -0500, Rick Wright wrote: > 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 > OK, I just reproduced this on my Ubuntu Breezy system, Gnome 2.12.0. If I run qjackctl, open the Messages window, move it, open the Connect window, move that, then close the main window by clicking the X, next time I run it the Messages window has moved back to where it started. Surely this is a WM bug, the app can't be responsible for remembering the position of its windows? Lee
