how can I resize an X app from xterm

rednuht · 07-26-2006, 02:17 PM

I have a GTK app that does not accept the

Code:

-geometry XxY+L+T

parameter that I need to move and resize once the app is running (or a way of doing one off runs with specific settings).
I am pretty sure

Code:

xprop

will do what I want as it lists

Code:

WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                program specified size: 164 by 164
                window gravity: NorthWest

when pointed at the app.
I can do

Code:

xprop -set WM_NAME "somenewname"

but I can not see what values are need to set the size and window location.

Code:

xprop -set WM_SIZE_HINTS.Geometry  640x480+10+10

would seem to be along the right lines but it does not work.
(error is the same as when I pass nonsense as a parameter)
any ideas ?

nobody25145147 · 01-25-2009, 06:36 AM

Thanks for your posting, I had the same problem. I solved it with the following program:

wmctrl

See h t t p : / / w w w.sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/#download

Here is an example-Script: h t t p : / / my.opera.com/raphman/blog/show.dml/302528

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nobody25145147 · 01-25-2009, 06:46 AM

I wrote this very small script, too:

http://www.abmh.de/en/papers/linux/s...om-script.html

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# This script sets the windows geometry off all windows which name conatins $1 to
# geometry $2. Notice the format of $2: x,y,w,h
#       x,y is the position of the top left corner of the window, and w,h  is  the
#       width  and  height of the window, with the exception that the value of
#       -1 in any position is interpreted to mean that  the  current  geometry
#       value should not be modified.

# GPL, (c) Andreas Hofmeier http://www.abmh.de/

wmctrl -l | grep -i $1 | while true; do
  read LINE
  if [ "$LINE" == "" ]; then
    break;
  fi
##  WMNAMW=${LINE:22}
##  wmctrl -r "$WMNAMW" -e 0,$2
  wmctrl -i -r $(echo $LINE | awk '{print $1}') -e 0,$2
done

#example:
# $0 kontact 1299,70,700,520
# $0 firefox 0,0,1272,1000

And the URLs with the second post ;-)

http://www.sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/#download
http://my.opera.com/raphman/blog/show.dml/302528