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

From: pirrone <pirrone@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 29 2005 - 22:17:28 EET

Rick Wright wrote:
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> Rick Wright wrote:
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>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
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>>> Rick Wright wrote:
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>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
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>> 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?
>>
>> Rick
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> I should add that toggling the windows on/off using the buttons on the
> main window gives mixed position persistence results. I found that
> only the "messages" window (of those I am using) consistently comes
> back in the top-left cascaded position. The others' position do persist.
>
> Rick
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Negative on that too Rick. Toggling them has no effect on position.
Received on Fri Dec 30 00:15:12 2005

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