Re: panel, metacity, etc

[dave <bordoley pilot msu edu>]

Julien Olivier wrote:

> Le mar 25/02/2003 �5:52, Sean Middleditch a �it :
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> > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 01:13, Ben FrantzDale wrote:
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> > > There hasn't been a response to this in a few days...
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what the answers are but I'm sure someone on this list
> > > does.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 07:05, Moses McKnight wrote:
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> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a couple of questions.
> > > >
> > > > First, is there a way to configure metacity to remember window sizes and 
> > > > positions like sawfish does?
> > > >        
> > > I've heard of complaints about this too. I'm thinking it may have been
> > > debated before. Does anyone know if it has and if so when and where?
> > >      
> > No - the decision is that it's not Metacity's job.  If the app supports
> > Session Management, it should do it on its own.
> >
> > There is an add on - "Devil's Pie" or somesuch, that adds this feature
> > for those who'd rather use broken apps with a hacked up WM...
> >
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> I don't know which add-on you're talking about but I submitted a patch
> to bugzilla which _fixes_ it by using a default size for apps that save
> their size stupidly. I think this kind of hack is needed because broken
> apps include OpenOffice, Mozilla, Evolution and Nautilus... which are
> not far from being the most important apps on anyone's desktop.
>
>  
Nautilus saves window position per folder, which is one reason why I'm 
somewhat against doing this in the wm. From my perspective I think it 
would make much more sense for at least document apps to save window 
location per document, so that when you open a file from the 
file-manager it always opens in the same place.

dave