app. window placement

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Tue Feb 13 23:43:26 CET 2007


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Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I run gvim (from the command line, if it matters), its
> window always shows up in the same place -- forced to the upper
> left corner of my screen, even if I run multiple instances of it
> and thus have multiple windows open.  I.e., they all overlap
> each other while there is other unused/available screen real estate
> that could (should :) be used.  Is this my doing or xfce or gvim?
> How do I fix it?

If the application always open at the same place, it's likely because it
 has specified a location for its window. If an application specifies a
location for its window, the window manager will place the window where
requested.

Cheers,
Olivier.
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