Re: [linux-audio-user] QJackCtl window position consistency?

On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
>
> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>
> > Rick Wright wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I'd like the qjackctl windows (i.e. the control window, messages,
> >> connections, status) to open for a subsequent executation in the same
> >> screen locations as I had them at shutdown from the last execution.
> >> Is this possible? I can't seem to find an option for this.
> >>
> >> All (and only those) windows that were visible from the previous
> >> execution do indeed appear on the subsequent application run (which
> >> is good), but the window positioning appears to be forgotten.
> >>
> >> Rui, if this is not currently supported, would it be possible to add
> >> this feature?
> >>
> >
> > Window positioning persistence is already featured and is default
> > behavior, for quite some time. AFAICS its been ever since ;). Problem
> > is that behavior may vary, with some glitches depending on your
> > particular WM. It is well known, at least to me, that window positions
> > aren't remembered very well if you stick to use the WM close button on
> > those window titles, usually the ones labeled as [X]. OTOH if you use
> > qjackctl main window control buttons, to toggle child window
> > visibility and to quit application, all seems to work just fine ;) or
> > so I believe and been told.
> >
> >
>
> I am finding inconsistency in the window positioning persistence.
> Sometimes the windows appear in the same position, sometimes they
> don't. This has been tested using only the QJC main window control
> buttons as recommended above.
>
> Leaving the windows open (only testing using 4 of them: main, status,
> messages, connections) upon shutdown (quit on main window) and
> restarting QJC sometimes gives the same locations and sometimes not, but
> it seems that the windows don't like the presence of other windows (i.e.
> an xterm from which to start QJC!) and the most prevalent offender is
> the main window. Actually, it seems that upon the first restart of QJC,
> the positions are remembered, but without moving any windows, a second
> quit/restart results in some windows appearing cascaded from the top
> left of the desktop. Window sizes are always remembered.
>
> Can anyone else reproduce this?

What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which
version?

Lee
Received on Fri Dec 30 00:15:10 2005