aterm help

dragos · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Romania

instaled aterm on my fluxbox
i want to start one from .xinitrc to do a tail -f /var/log/messages
is there any way you can controle where on screen is it placed/geomtery

i want it on the botom part of my screen
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dylix · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

thats the window managers job.
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dragos · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Romania

um ok.. any ideea how to do that though

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dylix · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:52 pm Post subject:

i dont use fluxbox, so i dunno. i use pekwm
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dragos · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Romania

using fluxbox
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lazarusrat · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject:

aterm -g +X+Y? (For example, aterm -g +400+200)

I'm guessing aterm supports -g (geometry). xterm and Eterm do. You'll have to experiment to find where to put it, the offsets are measured from the top left of the desktop, and define where the top left corner of the window go.
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dylix · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:06 am Post subject:

oh indeed it does ;p always used the windowmanger to handle it tho..

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