Re: Openbox and multiple screens.

[davidson@freevolt.org]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 davidson wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This system has two screens.
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Openbox#Files lists ~/.config/openbox/autostart.
> > Autostarting works except that I haven't found a way to configure the
> > location or screen where a new window opens.  How is that done?
>
> $ man 7 X
> [...]
> GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS
>
>   One of the advantages of using window systems instead of hardwired
>   terminals is that applications don't have to be restricted to a
>   particular size or location on the screen.  Although the layout of
>   windows on a display is controlled by the window manager that the
>   user is running (described below), most X programs accept a command
>   line argument of the form -geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF (where
>   WIDTH, HEIGHT, XOFF, and YOFF are numbers) for specifying a
>   preferred size and location for this application's main window.
>
> [...]
>
> This is functionality I have not used in several years, so I'm not
> sure how accurate is the proposition "most X programs accept ..."
>
> But it is the first thing I think of, when I read your question.

And that addresses the problem of specifying the "location [...] where
a new window opens".

As for which screen, see the section titled "DISPLAY NAMES" in the
same manual.

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