On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 00:49 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > I don't think zoom does what you want. You could use geometry, though > even that isn't precisely what you want. It would just resize the > window, which isn't quite the same as maximizing it. The difference > may not matter to you. > > There are ways to do what you want, with other window managers or with > Devil's Pie installed, for Metacity (that's the Gnome window manager). > > I'm sure others could point you to various window managers that have > this sort of feature built in, if you ask -- and maybe even if you > don't. :) > > To do this with Metacity and Devil's Pie: > > (Commands with a # are meant to be run as root, those with a $ as a > normal user.) > > # yum install devilspie > $ mkdir ~/.devilspie > $ echo '(if (is (application_name) "Terminal") (maximize))' > \ > ~/.devilspie/gnome-terminal.ds > $ devilspie & > $ gnome-terminal > > You then want to run devilspie each time you start your desktop > session. Add it in the session manager via System->Preferences-> > Personal->Sessions. Click "New" on the Startup Programs tab and enter > the name and command (Devil's Pie and /usr/bin/devilspie). > > Unfortunately, the documentation for Devil's Pie is about as sparse as > the feature set for Metacity. :) > > If you decide that the --geometry option is sufficient for you, the > syntax is like this: > > $ gnome-terminal --geometry=1440x825+0+49 Thanks Todd for your explanations and pointing out devilspie (how did this name arrive for what it does? haha). I have devilspie setup for now and it worked, as the app opens then immediately maximized (like a quicker than I can click on the max button) like I want. On the other hand, on future setups/installs/upgrades and don't want to go to the (not really) trouble of setting it up, just using nome-terminal --geometry=1280x1024 gets it pretty much there, just a small amount doesn't touch the panel, but can live with it. Again thanks, that does the trick. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "Best little town on Earth!"
