On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:37 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:32:25 -0400 > William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ...snip... > > > > Or can you elaborate on what you are trying to do further? > > > > I am using compiz to place and position certain applications'windows. > > Firefox and xchat-gnome start before compiz, and so aren't placed or > > positioned properly at startup. > > > > All other decorating takes place as soon as compiz is loaded; other > > programs are placed and positioned properly but are initiated later in > > the start process. Firefox and xchat-gnome are placed and positioned > > properly if closed and reopened. > > > > I received the above suggested line from members of my local Lug after > > about an hour conferring on xchat-gnome. > > How about taking a look at devilspie? > > % yum info devilspie > > Name : devilspie > Arch : x86_64 > Version : 0.22 > Release : 5.fc13 > Size : 106 k > Repo : installed > From repo : fedora > Summary : A window-matching utility > URL : http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie > License : GPLv2+ > Description: A window-matching utility, inspired by Sawfish's "Matched Windows" option and > : the lack such functionality in Metacity. Devil's Pie can be configured to > : detect windows as they are created, and match the window to a set of rules. > : If the window matches the rules, it can perform a series of actions on that > : window. > > You may be able to get it to move or setup the windows the way you want? Used devilspie in the past. Prefer most other things that compiz has. -- Regards Bill Fedora 13, Gnome 2.30.2 Evo.2.20.2, Emacs 23.2.1 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
