On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:08 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Mathew; > On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 10:25 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 12:43 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > Is it possible to set the x and y geometry for evolution in gconf-editor > > > or on the command line? > [snip] > > > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I am trying to avoid > > > using SCIM. > > > > I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Are you referring to > > setting the initial screen coordinates of Evolution's main window, and > > remembering it from session to session? > > > Yes. > > > Unfortunately each application has to implement this themselves. > > Evolution currently stores its main window /dimensions/ and maximize > > state, but not the screen coordinates. But they could easily be added. > > > Yes > > Apologies if I misunderstood. I'm not sure how SCIM is related. > > > Neither am I. But that was the advice I was given a year or so ago. I > looked at SCIM; didn't really understand it and didn't want to; but if > it was applicable, it seemed like a lot of work just to get a window > placement on first opening of Evolution. > > Without going into a long description of how I prefer to work with > Evolution or why, every time I re-boot into Linux (or close and open > Evolution) I have to move Evolution around on the screen to get it > placed where I want. Since I use a tight fit, its a fair amount of > dicking and nudging to get it exactly on the screen where I want it. > All the other programs I have set to load at startup allow Xwindows > geometry, or something, that lets me specify the exact screen position. > > Gconf.d keys, default mode, lets me set the window size and panel sizes > but not the screen position. All my other applications allow me to > pre-set their +x+y (pixel count screen position) coordinates. > > If there is no other way, should I make this a feature request?
I always have Evo in the same position without doing anything special. Maybe it depends on your desktop. I use KDE but I don't recall doing anything in particular to set it up. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
