[openbox] ob and wmctrl

Mikael Magnusson mangosoft at comhem.se
Tue Feb 24 05:50:00 EST 2004


On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Ryan Freeman wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:28:28 -0800
> AthlonRob <AthlonRob at axpr.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 17:38, Ryan Freeman wrote:
> > 
> > > actually, the said option makes the aterm the said size. my irssi
> > > window opens up with -geometry 120x40 and works as john said. it
> > > indeed specifies the window size, not the position.
> > 
> > Since it appears two separate people are having an identical inability
> > to comprehend crappy documentation... I'll throw you a bone.  I don't
> > use aterm, but here's how it works:
> > 
> > aterm -geometry wxh+x+y
> > 
> 
> Ahh, okay. Since I've always just used it as `-geometry wxh` I never
> realised that it could also position the window. My sincere apologies,
> Mikael, Soren, and thank you Rob.

sorry, i thought the man page mentioned how to use it :)
it is detailed in, um, detail in the X(7) man page in case you are curious 
though

> - ryan
> 
> > Give it a try.  Have fun.
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> 

--
Mikael Magnusson



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