Here's the summary for the window command in the man page.
window [ -m ] [ -r minx miny maxx maxy ] [ -dx n ] [ -dy n ]
[ -minx n ] [ -miny n ] [ -maxx n ] [ -maxy n ] [ -cd dir ]
[ -hide ] [ -scroll ] [ -noscroll ] [ cmd arg ... ]
If I do
window -r 200 200 1000 900,
I get the same result as
window -minx 200 -miny 200 -maxx 1000 -maxy 900,
which, frankly, believe it or not, was not what I expected. Given
that -r allows one to specify the exact corners of the window, the
result I expected, and would like, from the second form is just to
create a rectangle on the screen, smaller than the screen size, to
which the new window that opens is confined. So, my thought was every
time I execute the first form, I get a new window of that exact size
and location right on top of its predecessor, while repeated
executions of the second form give me new windows of the default
(600x400?) size but contained within the bounding box defined by me.
The reason this came up is that I have a wide monitor, and I find
myself moving windows to the center (as if it's a chore to look to one
side or the other!?), so I decided to open clock, winwatch, stats along
the right side of my screen (about 1520,0,1680,1000) and open new
windows with the restriction -maxx 1520. For example, "window -dx 800
-dy 800 -maxx 1520" means give me a window that size anywhere you want
as long as it doesn't go farther right than 1520. But, as I've
already suggested, that command doesn't have the expected effect.
Actually, just clicking on the window command I wrote resulted
in this window (from wloc): "window -r 112 112 912 512".
Anyway, the point is I started looking at wctl.c to see if I could get
the behavior I want. I just thought I would ask if this is a stupid
idea; or if it has already been done, and there's a way to get the
effect I want that I'm missing.
Thanks.
Greg
