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Re: MX Linux terminal placement

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Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> writes:
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:32 -0400

> > 18:31 $ terminal --geometry +100+100
> > 
> 
> I found the man page.  It's man xfce4-terminal.  Thanks, I'll work on
> it.
>

If you're launching the xterm/terminal from an icon, make your changes to
icon's properties. Generally a right-click on the icon will show a menu
item called 'properties'. Or maybe even a set of text fields, one of
which might be 'Command' showing the actual command that the icon uses
when it launches the program. Put your CLI arguments there.

I tend to use a script to launch a program. A script can be made as long or
as short as needed. I put the script name and path in the 'Command' field. 


This the script that launches my xterm, with the very imaginative name of
'xtermj':

================================

#!/bin/bash
# jvs script
# opens normal user xterm with black on white background
#2005

xhost + localhost >/dev/null
xterm -sb -rightbar -sl 8000 -fg black \
        -geom 115x58 -bg white &

================================ 

I use only the 'size' part of the -geom argument, but you could add the
window-open position there as well.

Jack 
-- 
"It's rather cold." she said bitchily.

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