[openbox] Starting a program automatically maximized

John Russell jjrussell at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 22:24:33 EDT 2005


Devilspie does all of these things very well.  Google knows where it is.

John

On 10/25/05, David Courtney <blixel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I looked at the list archive before I decided to submit this question
> because I'm betting it has been asked before.  But there was no search
> option for the list, and no way to download the list as plain text (or
> otherwise) to grep it.
>
> And when I sent an e-mail to the openbox-faq e-mail address, (and then
> openbox-help) it didn't return any information that explained how I
> could search the archives.  All I got back was this:
>
> "FAQ - Frequently asked questions of the openbox at icculus.org list.
>
> None available yet."
>
> So, here I am, asking what has probably already been asked.  If there
> was some other way for me to discover the answer to this question on
> my own, I apologize ahead of time for being too stupid to figure it
> out.
>
> My question is simple (I think).
>
> I want to know if there's an option for starting windows already
> maximized?  If so, how do I edit the ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml file
> to make the program I want start in a maximized state?
>
> Also, is there a way to edit the aforemention XML file to make a
> program open without window decorations?  (For example, when you right
> click the window title bar, and click the Decorate option, it will
> shut off the window borders.  Is there a way to make that happen
> automatically when starting a program?)
>
>   -- David
>



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