pirrone wrote: > Rick Wright wrote: > >> Lee Revell wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Rui seemed to indicate that if you close those windows by toggling >> the associated button on the main window (rather than the X as you >> did) that the positions should persist. For me, they all do *except* >> the messages window. That doesn't seem like a WM bug to me. >> >> Try this: open the app, open the message and status windows and move >> them somewhere. Then, simply toggle the buttons and see where they >> reappear. >> >> I just tried this again with the patchbay window (my first test with >> patchbay) and it shows the same non-persistence behavior as the >> messages window. >> >> As far as closing the app with the quit button and then restarting, >> the results are mixed as I described above. It seems that the window >> positions persist (mostly) upon the first restart, but without moving >> any windows, a subsequent quit/restart seems to lose window position >> information. This seems app related too, no? >> >> Rick >> >> > Rick et al., > > Been off doing some Web work but glad to see this thread working its > way along. Here's my latest results with your latest scenario: > > Open QJC, open Messages and Status, observe they open right where I > set them when I first tested and replied to your posting, move them > around, toggle those two windows with their respective buttons and > they persist right where I just moved/left them. Rinse, repeat... > works as expected. > > Same with Patchbay. > > Then, I closed down QJC with those windows still opened and > re-launched it to find the windows in the same place they were when I > closed it. > > Then, I closed down QJC with those windows toggled closed and > re-launched it to find that when I toggled the windows back open they > were in the same place I left them when I toggled them off before > closing QJC. > > So, Fedora Core 3 fully updated with CCRMA and all core apps, Fluxbox > 0.9.13, QJackCtl 0.2.15 results in the expected behavior. > > Frank > > Thanks, Frank. That would be the expected behavior, just not what I'm seeing..... I'm using the latest version of QJC: 0.2.19a. Rick
