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Re: MX Linux terminal placement

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On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:39:05 -0400
Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

> On June 15, 2020 18:32, Lew Pitcher 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  
> 
> FWIW, the geometry argument specifies up to four things (two of which
> I have let default in the example above):
>   the width of the window,
>   the height of the window,
>   the distance between the window and the left (or right, depending
> on sign) border of the screen, and
>   the distance between the window and the top (or bottom, depending
> on sign) border of the screen
> 
> A full geometry might read
>   80x24+1000+50
> for an 80 column wide, 24 line long terminal positioned so that it's
> left edge is 1000 pixels away from the left edge of the desktop, and
> it's top edge is positioned 50 pixels away from the top edge of the
> desktop.
> 
> For details, read the "GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS" section of the X(7)
> manpage ("man 7 X")
> 
> 
> HTH

Thanks, I was looking for that.

It amazes me that someone is smart enough to create a terminal, and
then can't write simple instructions on how to use it.

I would have never thought of man 7 X when it said Read X(7) for more
information.

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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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