set the window-position at startup

Configuration General Questions
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hi all

I want to start as follow a program at the start of fvwm:

mrxvt -name swatch-monitor -geometry 150x10 -ht +sb +si -e swatch-monitor.sh

in the style-config are the follow options definied:

Style swatch-monitor !Title, FixedPosition, FixedSize, StaysOnBottom, Sticky, NoIcon, NeverFocus, WindowListSkip, !Borders

ok, all went fine, but the window is on the left and top edge of the screen. Is there a simple way to define the startposition? eg. 50 from the left corner and 20 from top or something similar?

I read the manpage of fvwm and googled a lot, but couldn’t find a way…

thank you for any ideas…
raphael

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Using FVWM 2.5.23 (the current FVWM unstable version), look at the PositionPlacement style condition which will do just this. If you’re not on that version then you must use FvwmEvent:

DestroyModuleConfig FE:*
*FE: add_window "ThisWindow (swatch-monitor) Move 50 20

AddToFunc StartFunction I FvwmEvent FE

Most applications though should honour offset placements in the form you have them, using the explicit geometry. If mrxvt isn’t doing that, it’s broken.

– Thomas Adam

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mrxvt just works ok.

mrxvt -g 150x10+50+20
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Thank you all for your ideas! Now, I start it like this: mrxvt -g 150x10+50+20

I doesn’t know to set the starting edge here also with +x+y

the move-option is interessting in the future for me. Thank you all!
greetings, raphael

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What did you think the geometry string was for? It defines both size, and location.

– Thomas Adam