Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:09 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting firefox3 with defined geometry Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201101303510.6968@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120110192745.1f6cd928.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20120110074504.GA1101@tiny> <20120110092554.d3001ca5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120110085620.GA1186@tiny> <20120110192745.1f6cd928.freebsd@edvax.de>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1898889873-1326225909=:6968 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 10 Jan 2012, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:56:21 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> El día Tuesday, January 10, 2012 a las 09:25:54AM +0100, Polytropon escribió: >> >>> Answer: Yes, but it's not as easy as it could have been. >>> >>> Unlike nearly every other X11 program, notably the "old" >>> and "outdated" ones, Firefox does _not_ seem to support >>> the _standard_ -geometry WxH+X+Y parameter. >>> >>> However, you can define the window width and height >>> with command line parameters: >>> >>> % firefox -width 1024 -height 768 >> >> does not work with firefox-3.5.18 (from ports) on 9-CURRENT; > > Oh the joy of modern software. :-) > > > >>> ... >>> There is a "workaround" for the lack of standard >>> geometry support: You could have Firefox execute >>> JavaScript instructions at startup >>> >>> window.moveTo(100, 100); >>> window.resizeTo(1024, 768); >> >> will try this in the page source; > > You can also provide those as command line parameters > and have Firefox execute them on startup > > % firefox javascript:%20resizeTo\(500,500\) Another option is x11-wm/devilspie. ---902635197-1898889873-1326225909=:6968--
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