no, most of the people using compiz don't use FVWM, they use gnome.

if you want serious control over your window properties, i'd recommend
switching to IonWM. ive been using it for maybe 6 months now and it gives
you full control over everything.

yeah but if youre using gnome/metacity devil's pie is by far the best thing
going. theres even a package called
gdevilspie<http://code.google.com/p/gdevilspie/>that allows you to do
devil's pie scripting in an easy-to-use graphical
interface

this tutorial will get you started customizing firefox to use a specific
workspace

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/25/how-to-set-default-workspace-size-and-window-effects-in-gnome/

but if you want firefox to open with a specific resolution, you just use
this:

mkdir ~/.devilspie
vim ~/.devilspie/firefox.ds

then paste this:

(if
(is (application_name) "Firefox")
(begin
(geometry "1024x768")
)
)

save, and then run devilspie after hitting alt+f2 or something
and to make this persistent just add it to your xsession (which gnome makes
impossible)
OR do the whole System>Prefs>Startup Applications
or whatever gnome thing is used i dont remember.

even if you dont use metacity, hopefully somebody will get some use out of
this post.

Anthony Parks

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Jim Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Do you have "Save Session" set so that it remembers what *everything* is
> doing when you shut down at night?
>
> Jim H
>
> John Mort wrote:
> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Chris Knadle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>    Actually I'm slightly surprised that Firefox doesn't save the last
> used
> >>  geometry that you had open; unless you last had it set to "maximize".
>  Most
> >>  applications save the last used window geometry and re-use the last
> used
> >>  geometry when the application is opened again.
> >>
> >>    Maybe one of the files in ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_id>/  contains
> the
> >>  width: and height: of the default Firefox window?
> >>
> >>    -- Chris
> >
> > It does appear to save the last used geometry within a session, but
> > after a restart the computer it seems to lose that setting.  Every
> > time I start up the machine, when I launch Firefox it starts
> > maximized, and when I hit the button to un-maximize it still takes up
> > the entire screen.  I shutdown at night, so I'd prefer not to have to
> > re-train it every time I turn it on.
> >
> >
>
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