Positioning Windows in X

[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, William O'Higgins wrote:

> I know that it is possible to launch an window in X and dictate where it
> appears.  What I don't know is how.
>
> Is it window manager-specific (in which case I am using OpenBox), or
> based on X?
>
> Basically, I want to launch an Eterm and have it appear at a specific
> place on the screen.  Any pointers?  Thanks.

Try --geometry.  Eg, xterm --geometry 50x30+0+100

This is part of the Athena widget set IIRC and all apps are supposed to
honour it.  I seem to recall I've run across apps that did not.

Rob

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