Hi,
I don't know what related features are or aren't provided by Xfce.
Assuming it shouldn't provide what you want, then
1. take a look at the app itself.
For example:
[root@archlinux ~]# xfce4-terminal --help | tail -9
Window Options:
--display=display; --geometry=geometry; --role=role; --drop-down;
--startup-id=string; -I, --icon=icon; --fullscreen; --maximize;
--show-menubar, --hide-menubar; --show-borders, --hide-borders;
--show-toolbar, --hide-toolbar; --show-scrollbar, --hide-scrollbar;
--font=font; --zoom=zoom
See the xfce4-terminal man page for full explanation of the options
above.
2. if an app shouldn't provide geometry options use tools to handle
windows. For your purpose xdotool and wmctrl are helpful.
I'm using two scripts, one two resize the active window and another to
display information about the window geometry. Using those tools
requires minimal shell scripting skills.
Examples:
[root@archlinux ~]# cat /usr/local/bin/win75
#!/bin/bash
eval $(xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow))
X_FIX=$(grep X_FIX ~/.rocketmouse/win75/config | cut -d"=" -f2)
Y_FIX=$(grep Y_FIX ~/.rocketmouse/win75/config | cut -d"=" -f2)
((XX=X-X_FIX))
((YY=Y-Y_FIX))
WIDTH=$(calc "int($WIDTH*0.75)")
case $1 in
"") HEIGHT=$(calc "int($HEIGHT*0.75)");;
esac
echo "x:$X-$X_FIX=$XX/y:$Y-$Y_FIX=$YY"
wmctrl -i -r $WINDOW -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
wmctrl -i -r $WINDOW -e "0,$XX,$YY,$WIDTH,$HEIGHT"
eval $(xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow))
echo "x:$X-$X_FIX=$XX/y:$Y-$Y_FIX=$YY"
exit
[root@archlinux ~]# cat /usr/local/bin/wing
#!/bin/dash
xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $(xdotool getactivewindow) | zenity
--text-info
exit
All menu editors are useless crap, you better edit the desktop files
yourself. Apart from editing desktop files, I prefer to use a good
panel, providing a menu I could edit by the panel's configuration file,
independent from the freedesktop.org thingy, e.g. fbpanel.
An example desktop file:
[root@archlinux ~]# grep -v
Name /usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal.desktop | grep -v Comment
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0
Exec=xfce4-terminal
Icon=utilities-terminal
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;System;TerminalEmulator;
StartupNotify=true
Take a look at other desktop files and especially at freedesktop.org to
learn what options are provided and where the files could be located.
Regards,
Ralf
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