Starting xchat (or any other app for that matter) with geometry options

rootyard · 03-08-2004, 03:09 PM

How do you start xchat (or any other app if there's a standard command line option across the board) with a specific geometry setting?

For example, I want to start xchat at 50, 50 (x, y axis) with sizing of 400x300.

Thanks

Crashed_Again · 03-08-2004, 03:14 PM

Try:

xchat -g 400x300+50+50

rootyard · 03-08-2004, 03:18 PM

Thanks Crashed_Again. Exactly what I needed especially with the way some window managers lose their geometry handlers at times

Not to name any names...

Creak · 03-08-2004, 06:08 PM

maybe look at the xrdb program. it allows you to define ressources for each application.
Here is an example:

In my .xsession (or any script launched at the session startup):

Code:

xrdb -merge .Xdefaults

In my .Xdefaults:

Code:

! this is a comment
!! emacs
emacs.ReverseVideo: on
emacs.font: 7x13bold
emacs21.ReverseVideo: on
emacs21.font: 7x13bold

!! xterm
xterm*saveLines: 1000
xterm*reverseVideo: on
xterm*Background: black
xterm*Foreground: white
xterm*Font: 7x13
xterm*scrollBar: off
xterm*scrollbar*thickness: 5

Of course there is also geometry options. look at the man pages and even if it's not marked in it try to copy it from another app's options like xterm
It's a clean solution for what you ask.

Creak

questone · 03-19-2004, 10:27 PM

Ok here's what I wanna do:

I don't want this config to be the default so to speak but I wanna be able to run a script that wil make these things happen. Btw Im MDK 10 w/ KDE3.2.

I would like to make the Xchat scrollbar, and menubar disappear, essentially all I want is tex on my screen. Im not as concerned with geometrty options because I do appreciate what the gui can do for me but once im set I want to emiminate all but text.

Thanks
quest

Creak · 03-22-2004, 05:48 AM

xchat doesn't have internal options that allow you to remove these bars ? ()
If not, just read a documentation of xchat (the man is really poor, so i think you'd find these information only on the net http://www.xchat.org/docs/

That's the only thing i can told you :/

Creak