gnome window placement (particularly iceweasel)

[michael <cs networkingnewsletter org uk>]

I tried asking on the Debian list but was joyless, any gnome-ites here
know the answer? Thanks, M


> From: michael <cs networkingnewsletter org uk>
> To: debian user <debian-user lists debian org>
> Subject: gnome window placement (particularly iceweasel)
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:51:44 +0100
> 
> Howdy folks,
> I recently upgraded from Etch to Lenny on amd64. I notice that now some
> windows change their position particularly iceweasel. I have 4
> workspaces and 2 monitors (and use nVidia's own driver). The two
> "features" I've noticed but wish to control are
> 
> a) if iceweasel starts on the right hand monitor it automatically moves
> to the left hand monitor
> 
> b) if iceweasel is already running in the top-left workspace and
> Evolution in the bottom-left, then clicking on a hyperlink in an email
> results in the iceweasel window moving to the bottom-left window
> 
> I've looked around but can't see where this (new) behaviour is set.
> 
> Thanks in adv, M
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