Re: [Evolution] Evolution -g +x+y ??

[George Reeke <reeke mail rockefeller edu>]

On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 12:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:08 -0400, William Case wrote:
> > Hi Mathew;
> > On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 10:25 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 12:43 -0400, William Case wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to set the x and y geometry for evolution in gconf-editor
> > > > or on the command line?
> > [snip]
> > > > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.  I am trying to avoid
> > > > using SCIM.  
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.  Are you referring to
> > > setting the initial screen coordinates of Evolution's main window, and
> > > remembering it from session to session?
> > Yes.
> >
> > > Unfortunately each application has to implement this themselves.
> > > Evolution currently stores its main window /dimensions/ and maximize
> > > state, but not the screen coordinates.  But they could easily be added.
> > Yes
> > > Apologies if I misunderstood.  I'm not sure how SCIM is related.
> > Neither am I.  But that was the advice I was given a year or so ago.  I
> > looked at SCIM; didn't really understand it and didn't want to; but if
> > it was applicable, it seemed like a lot of work just to get a window
> > placement on first opening of Evolution.
> >
> > Without going into a long description of how I prefer to work with
> > Evolution or why, every time I re-boot into Linux (or close and open
> > Evolution) I have to move Evolution around on the screen to get it
> > placed where I want.  Since I use a tight fit, its a fair amount of
> > dicking and nudging to get it exactly on the screen where I want it.
> > All the other programs I have set to load at startup allow Xwindows
> > geometry, or something, that lets me specify the exact screen position.
> >
> > Gconf.d keys, default mode, lets me set the window size and panel sizes
> > but not the screen position.  All my other applications allow me to
> > pre-set their +x+y (pixel count screen position) coordinates.
> >
> > If there is no other way, should I make this a feature request?
>
> I always have Evo in the same position without doing anything special.
> Maybe it depends on your desktop. I use KDE but I don't recall doing
> anything in particular to set it up.
>
> poc

Using gnome, I just put it where I want it, then log out after clicking
the "Save current setup" button on the logout dialog.  Now on every
login, it comes back in the same place.  (The position of the ULHC,
but not the size, is preserved.  Sounds like you already have a way
to get the size you want, so maybe 1+1=2 here.)

George Reeke


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