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Re: MX Linux terminal placement

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On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:32 -0400
Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

> On June 15, 2020 18:22, Johnny wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:01:19 -0400
> > Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
> >   
> >> On June 15, 2020 17:48, Rich wrote:
> >>   
> >> > Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:  
> >> >> 
> >> >> The terminal always opens in the upper left corner of the
> >> >> screen. Is there anyway to get it to open in the bottom right
> >> >> corner?
> >> >> 
> >> >> I'm using a 32 inch Samsung TV for my monitor, and it would be a
> >> >> lot more comfortable to look down to the right instead of up to
> >> >> the left.  
> >> > 
> >> > Configure your window manager to open it in the bottom right
> >> > corner.  
> >> 
> >> Or, have the terminal ask to be positioned in the bottom right
> >> corner. It might take the -geometry flag to do it
> >>   
> > 
> > How do I get the terminal to ask?  I see no man page for terminal.  
> 18:31 $ terminal --help
> Usage:
>   terminal [OPTION...]
> 
> General Options:
>   -h, --help; -V, --version; --disable-server;
>   --default-display=display; --default-working-directory=directory
> 
> Window or Tab Separators:
>   --tab; --window
> 
> Tab Options:
>   -x, --execute; -e, --command=command; -T, --title=title;
>   --working-directory=directory; -H, --hold
> 
> Window Options:
>   --display=display; --geometry=geometry; --role=role;
>   --startup-id=string; -I, --icon=icon; --fullscreen; --maximize;
>   --show-menubar, --hide-menubar; --show-borders, --hide-borders;
>   --show-toolbars, --hide-toolbars
> 
> See the terminal man page for full explanation of the options above.
> 
> 18:31 $ terminal --geometry +100+100
> 

I found the man page.  It's man xfce4-terminal.  Thanks, I'll work on
it.

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MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-15 16:39 -0500
  Re: MX Linux terminal placement Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-06-15 21:48 +0000
    Re: MX Linux terminal placement Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2020-06-15 18:01 -0400
      Re: MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-15 17:22 -0500
        Re: MX Linux terminal placement Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2020-06-15 18:32 -0400
          Re: MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-15 17:38 -0500
            Re: MX Linux terminal placement Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2020-06-22 01:36 +0000
          Re: MX Linux terminal placement Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2020-06-15 18:39 -0400
            Re: MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-15 17:56 -0500
    Re: MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-15 17:18 -0500
    Re: MX Linux terminal placement Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2020-06-16 03:36 -0500
  Re: MX Linux terminal placement Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2020-06-15 22:12 +0000
    Re: MX Linux terminal placement Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2020-06-16 03:29 +0000
      Re: MX Linux terminal placement Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2020-06-16 11:01 +0000
  Re: MX Linux terminal placement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-06-16 06:35 +0100

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