[openbox] Opening maximized

Mikael Magnusson mangosoft at comhem.se
Wed Aug 25 21:26:40 EDT 2004


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, ivanova wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:48:10 -0400
> Matthew Graybosch <mgraybosch at starbreaker.net> wrote:
>
>> On 23:07 Sun 22 Aug     , ivanova wrote:
>>> How do I start an application to be maximized? Can other windows properties
>>> like layer on top be specified?
>>
>> I suggest reading up on Devil's Pie.
>
> Thanks - It solved most of my problems, but I have a few left ;)
>
> I am trying to start feh (image viewer) to be above all other windows and
> toolbars/docks. I used devilspie to start it with always on top, but how do I
> make it go above toolbars/docks? I also tried to set the wintype to 'DOCK' and
> 'TOOLBAR' without success.

You can't. I am assuming you want to maximize feh so you see the images 
fullscreen, for this you want _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN, i don't know if 
devilspie can set that for you?

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Mikael Magnusson



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