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Subject: [openbox] default window size for a specific application
From: tomislav.maric () gmx ! com (tomislav_maric () gmx ! com)
Date: 2010-03-05 17:09:15
Message-ID: 20100305171007.134320 () gmx ! com
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Thanks for the advice! I've managed to find the problem: it was within inkscape \
itself. There is an option for it's window in the
File - Inkscape Preferences - Windows
to set the use of the last opened window size. I'm kind of an apprentice on Linux (2 \
years of Ubuntu), but still I get the feeling that if X server manages windows to \
their core, the application shouldn't mess with these settings: then the \
configuration would be in one neat place and no additional daemons would be \
necessary, as the ones you've suggested.
I'll look up the script and the devilspie and the .sh in case I need it for another \
app. Thank you both very much!
Best,
Tomislav
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1. default window size for a specific application
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3. Re: default window size for a specific application
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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:34:25 +0100
From: "tomislav_maric@gmx.com" <tomislav.maric at gmx.com>
Subject: [openbox] default window size for a specific application
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to configure the inkscape application to start with a different window \
size from the default one: the default one is too small. I've defined the proper \
"class" and "name" for the app in the rc.conf and played around with the options: \
everything works fine. Big thanks to the developers of this fast and beautiful \
software. :)
I've tried to use the settings:
inkscape*geometry: 800x600+0+0
in the ~/.Xdefaults file because I didn't find the window size option for a specific \
app in the rc.conf. Is there such a parameter? The applications seem to ignore the \
.Xdefaults (firefox and inkscape) and giving them "-geometry" option when calling \
them from the console does nothing (inkscape= warnings, firefox= plain ignoring).
Inkscape is really small when it starts and that's why I'm trying to do this... I \
would be grateful for any advice ....
Tomislav
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Date: 04 Mar 2010 20:57:33 +0100
From: Johan Vromans <jvromans at squirrel.nl>
Subject: Re: [openbox] default window size for a specific application
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"tomislav_maric at gmx.com" <tomislav.maric at gmx.com> writes:
> The applications seem to ignore the .Xdefaults (firefox and
> inkscape) and giving them "-geometry" option when calling them from
> the console does nothing (inkscape= warnings, firefox= plain
> ignoring).
Yes. For some unknown reasons modern GTK based apps do not listen to
these reasonable commands...
You may wish to take a look at devilspie.
-- Johan
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:08:15 +1000
From: Anthony Thyssen <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [openbox] default window size for a specific application
To: openbox at icculus.org
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On 04 Mar 2010 20:57:33 +0100
Johan Vromans <jvromans at squirrel.nl> wrote:
> "tomislav_maric at gmx.com" <tomislav.maric at gmx.com> writes:
>
> > The applications seem to ignore the .Xdefaults (firefox and
> > inkscape) and giving them "-geometry" option when calling them from
> > the console does nothing (inkscape= warnings, firefox= plain
> > ignoring).
>
> Yes. For some unknown reasons modern GTK based apps do not listen to
> these reasonable commands...
>
> You may wish to take a look at devilspie.
>
The other way is to watch for the winodw to open then resize it using a
window manager helper program. I do this myself to reset my firefox
window on startup.
Devilspie is one such program but it watches for new windows FOREVER!
that is every time a new winodw for a a watched application openes it
does the deed, not just for the first one.
I did not what this for my own firefox resize. I only wanted the first
specific window opened a specific size. I also wanted it iconified
automatically which GTK application also do not provide options for.
My solution was to first have an application script called "xwin_find"
Download from
http://hobbit.ict.griffith.edu.au/~anthony/software/xwin_find.sh
It is a shell script that for a given period of time waits for a
given window to appear, and return its windowID so I can then
resize/iconify it.
Here is what I do for firefox from by 'extra clients' session script
( firefox -P default -geometry 820x1000+530+70 & ) &
if id=`xwin_find 60 "Anthony .* Mozilla Firefox"`; then
echo "Main firefox window found (id=$id)"
# size, position, and iconify
xwit -resize 820 1000 -move 530 70 -iconify -id $id
fi
The first line starts it.
the if waits for a window to appear with tne title specified
and notes its WindowID.
Then the 'xwit' program resizes and iconify's it.
you could alos use wmctrl instead of xwit
Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
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