Lee Revell wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, 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?
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>>>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.
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>>Can anyone else reproduce this?
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>What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which
>version?
>
>Lee
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Reply try #3.....
Running an up-to-date FC4/GNOME (2.6.10) system.
Rick
Received on Fri Dec 30 00:15:13 2005
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