Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:25:54 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting firefox3 with defined geometry Message-ID: <20120110092554.d3001ca5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20120110074504.GA1101@tiny> References: <20120110074504.GA1101@tiny>
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:45:04 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > Is there some way to start firefox3 in a defined geometry, something > like > > $ firefox3 -geometry 1024x768 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 Unlike nearly every other X11 program, notably the "old" and "outdated" ones, Firefox does _not_ seem to support the _standard_ -geometry WxH+X+Y parameter.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 I've tested this with the Firefox installation I have here (which is v6.0.1). Positioning of the window is not possible by this means. Also note that those parameters do not show up when you try % firefox -h to get some help, and "man firefox" is of course fully futile. :-) 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); Those can even be provided on the command line. However, that's a bad excuse for not supporting what users expect working for 30 years. > UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) PDP-11 or K1600? Oh, and EC1056 here (OS/ES SVM OP1). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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