Re: FVWM: How to set the X & Y position of a newly created window using FvwmCommand in 2.6.5

Jaimos Skriletz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm,gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm.devel
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Dan Espen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bhupendra Kumar Jain <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for a solution wherein I need to set the X & Y position of a newly created window using FvwmCommand in 2.6.5 version of
>> fvwm. Please suggest.
>
> Most apps accept an "-geometry" argument to control this.
> Why are you asking about FvwmCommand?
>
> If for some reason you can't use an argument, you could use a script
> that starts the application, then uses FvwmCommand to WAIT for the
> window to appear, then MOVE the window to the location you want.
>

The PositionPlacement Style may also work. With either using Wait,
InitialMapCommand or PositionPlacement, it will require you can
identify the window based on its name/class/resource. You may want to
describe in more detail what it is you are trying to achieve.

jaimos
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