[GRASS-user] saving default display manager window config

GRASS GRASS user
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Hi,

To save time during startup procedures when using the display manager, is
it possible to save the window and widget configuration settings?
Whenever I start the display manager, I would like it to be maximized and
to show the different windows (the display, options, and output widgets)
with chosen relative sizes. Saving the workspace does some of this for
particular locations, but can all of it be done globally? Thanks in
advance.

Cheers,

--
Seb

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Seb wrote:

To save time during startup procedures when using the display manager,
is it possible to save the window and widget configuration settings?
Whenever I start the display manager, I would like it to be maximized
and to show the different windows (the display, options, and output
widgets) with chosen relative sizes. Saving the workspace does some
of this for particular locations, but can all of it be done globally?

this is up to your window manager, e.g. I use sawfish WM with these
"matched window" settings: (~/.sawfish/custom, newlines added for clarity)

custom-set-typed-variable (quote match-window-profile)
(((WM_NAME . "^v\\.digit")) (position 30 . 800))
(((WM_NAME . "^Form$")) (position 40 . 150))
(((WM_NAME . "GIS Manager -")) (position 750 . 10))
(((WM_NAME . "^Map Display 1$")) (place-mode . top-left))
(((WM_NAME . "^Output - GIS\\.m$")) (place-mode . south-east-going-north))))
(quote match-window) (quote sawfish.wm.ext.match-window))

Hamish

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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:28:57 +1300,
Hamish <hamish_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

[...]

this is up to your window manager, e.g. I use sawfish WM with these
"matched window" settings: (~/.sawfish/custom, newlines added for
clarity)

Thanks Hamish, I'm on KDE and found how to do something similar. However,
there seems to be no way to set the relative sizes of parts within d.m (I
always have to fiddle the relative sizes of the display, options and
output parts for visibility). Getting the windows to be maximized already
saves time though.

Cheers,

--
Seb

4

Hamish:

> this is up to your window manager, e.g. I use sawfish WM with these
> "matched window" settings: (~/.sawfish/custom, newlines added for
> clarity)

Seb:

Thanks Hamish, I'm on KDE and found how to do something similar.
However, there seems to be no way to set the relative sizes of parts
within d.m (I always have to fiddle the relative sizes of the display,
options and output parts for visibility). Getting the windows to be
maximized already saves time though.

there is a way in tcl to set window width and height, but we decided not
to overrule the window manager's settings. Of course you can edit your
tcl by hand (no recompile needed).

Hamish