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deleted3

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Registered: 2015-03-28

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XFWM to Open Surf at a specified size?

Hi All,

How do I get the XFCE Window Manager to open surf to a specific size?

Thanks,

Dennis

ToZ

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Re: XFWM to Open Surf at a specified size?

The Xfce window manager won't do that. Since it doesn't seem like surf supports the geometry parameter (I could be wrong), you could use something like devilspie.

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MountainDewManiac

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Registered: 2013-03-24

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Re: XFWM to Open Surf at a specified size?

Have you looked in surf's config.h file to see if there is a line that looks like the following (or if adding one helps)?

MiscDefaultGeometry=X*Y*Z

Seems like that was how one (used to, at least) configure the terminal to open with a specific size, IIRC.

Failing that - and if no one here knows, of course - you might find something at Arch Linux's Wiki page on Surf, as the Arch Wiki seems to have lots of little gems in it. Or try surf's homepage. BtW, I saw when searching just now to see what "surf" is that there is something called "tabbed" that one can install to add tab functionality if so desired.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Surf

Regards,
MDM

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deleted3

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Re: XFWM to Open Surf at a specified size?

I have not checked the config file yet. I was hoping I could just do it from the CLI. I have wmctrl and it works great to resize apps that are already open, but I cannot seem to figure how to apply it to new windows. I will check the config file.