Re: FVWM: how to place window in top left corner?

From: Micha Feigin <michf_at_post.tau.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:14:20 +0200

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:50:48AM +0100, Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:03:12 +0100
> Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel_at_t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I haven't found it in the man page, so hopefully its OK
> > to ask this question here:
> >
> > How can I tell fvwm 2.5.8 to place a window (e.g. Mozilla)
> > in the top left corner? CascadePlacement is not an option
> > in this case.
> >
> > If this is not in yet, would it be possible to get something
> > like
> >
> > Style Mozilla* Placement 0 0
> >
>
> I'd really like this too. I know this is possible using FvwmEvent, but
> on a slow system it's visually disturbing to have a window mapped first
> according to the placement setting and subsequently moved by FvwmEvent.
>
> To answer the origunal question, I use (taken from the FAQ 3.18):
>
> *FvwmEvent-NewWindow: StartDelay 4
> *FvwmEvent-NewWindow: add_window FuncFocusWindow SkipMapping
>
> DestroyFunc FuncFocusWindow
> AddToFunc FuncFocusWindow
> + I ThisWindow ("galeon-bin") Move 0 0
>
> AddToFunc StartFunction
> + I FvwmEvent FvwmEvent-NewWindow
>

Probably not what you are looking for, but what about using the
geometry option in Xresources.

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Received on Wed Dec 17 2003 - 15:16:34 GMT

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