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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] openbox window positions
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:45:53
Message-Id: 20170413234311.17312.05D6C1BF@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gkrellm [Was: Something eats my memory - please help] by Miroslav Rovis
1 On 2017-04-11 13:44, Miroslav Rovis wrote:
2
3 > sleep 6 && urxvt -g -0+125 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1" &
4 > sleep 6.5 && urxvt -g -0-0 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1" &
5 > sleep 8 && urxvt -g +0-0 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1" &
6 > sleep 10.5 && urxvt -g -125+10 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1" &
7 > sleep 11 && urxvt -g -230+0 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1" &
8 > sleep 12 && urxvt -g -0+80 -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--6-60-75-75-c-40-iso10646-1" &
9 > sleep 13 && gkrellm -g +0+0 &
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11 openbox has its own configuration mechanism for window geometry.
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13 Look at ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml, there should be an <applications>
14 section near the end, with enough comments to get you started, IIRC.
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16 In some cases it doesn't work due to the complexity of the protocols
17 involved. This includes any apps using the Tk toolkit, unfortunately.
18 Then you can try wmctrl or similar tools which were already mentioned here.
19 There's also my patch:
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21 https://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2015-December/009014.html
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Re: [gentoo-user] openbox window positions Miroslav Rovis <miro.rovis@××××××××××××××.hr>