if using gnome/metacity, you definitely want devil's pie. its a window matching utility:
http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM, John Mort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there some means for controlling how application windows behave? My > particular concern is Firefox, since I've moved up to 1280x1024 screen > resolution, I'd prefer to have new Firefox windows launch at 1024x768 > rather than consume the entire screen. I vaguely remember someone > like Sean or Joe talking about how to do something like this once, but > I can't remember the particulars. > > -- > John D. Mort > http://john.mort.net > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
