[semi-solved] Cinnamon: Set default new window location?

dalu · 2014-06-13 13:16:00

I'm running Cinnamon and have a shortcut to gnome-panel on the taskbar
when I click it a terminal opens

The problem:
the terminal window is opened on the top left of the screen

I'd like it to open on the bottom right or center of the screen

How can I tell, whatever is responsible for this, to create new windows in the center or bottom right?

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semi-solved because there should be a better way than using devilspie but it does the job

Last edited by dalu (2014-06-13 17:26:48)

clfarron4 · 2014-06-13 14:28:02

I've been using Cinnamon for ages, and I'm not aware of a way to do this. I could be wrong though.

dalu · 2014-06-13 14:50:00

Hey Claire,

do you think it's X11 related or something to do with Cinnamon or.. which window manager does Cinnamon use?
Or rather, do you know which component is responsible for window placement, maybe a hack could be written

SteveK · 2014-06-13 16:04:13

I don't know if it works with Cinnamon, but you could try devilspie.

dalu · 2014-06-13 17:20:34

Thanks Steve
it's a start

( if 
( begin 
( is ( window_class ) "Gnome-terminal" )
) 
( begin 
( geometry "+700+600" )
)
)

geometry "+x+y"

I couldn't find any docs but gdevilspie is in AUR.

clfarron4 · 2014-06-13 18:07:09

dalu wrote:

Hey Claire,
do you think it's X11 related or something to do with Cinnamon or.. which window manager does Cinnamon use?
Or rather, do you know which component is responsible for window placement, maybe a hack could be written

Cinnamon uses muffin as it's Window Manager, a fork of Mutter for GNOME. I'd assume that you'd be looking at getting something for muffin to work or using something like SteveK suggested.

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[semi-solved] Cinnamon: Set default new window location?

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