[linux-audio-user] QJackCtl window position consistency?

[Rick Wright]

Lee Revell wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:46 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
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>>Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
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>>>Rick Wright wrote:
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>>>>I'd like the qjackctl windows (i.e. the control window, messages, 
>>>>connections, status) to open for a subsequent executation in the same 
>>>>screen locations as I had them at shutdown from the last execution.  
>>>>Is this possible?  I can't seem to find an option for this.
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>>>>All (and only those) windows that were visible from the previous 
>>>>execution do indeed appear on the subsequent application run (which 
>>>>is good), but the window positioning appears to be forgotten.
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>>>>Rui, if this is not currently supported, would it be possible to add 
>>>>this feature?
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>>>Window positioning persistence is already featured and is default 
>>>behavior, for quite some time. AFAICS its been ever since ;). Problem 
>>>is that behavior may vary, with some glitches depending on your 
>>>particular WM. It is well known, at least to me, that window positions 
>>>aren't remembered very well if you stick to use the WM close button on 
>>>those window titles, usually the ones labeled as [X]. OTOH if you use 
>>>qjackctl main window control buttons, to toggle child window 
>>>visibility and to quit application, all seems to work just fine ;) or 
>>>so I believe and been told.
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>>I am finding inconsistency in the window positioning persistence.  
>>Sometimes the windows appear in the same position, sometimes they 
>>don't.  This has been tested using only the QJC main window control 
>>buttons as recommended above.
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>>Leaving the windows open (only testing using 4 of them: main, status, 
>>messages, connections) upon shutdown (quit on main window) and 
>>restarting QJC sometimes gives the same locations and sometimes not, but 
>>it seems that the windows don't like the presence of other windows (i.e. 
>>an xterm from which to start QJC!) and the most prevalent offender is 
>>the main window.  Actually, it seems that upon the first restart of QJC, 
>>the positions are remembered, but without moving any windows, a second 
>>quit/restart results in some windows appearing cascaded from the top 
>>left of the desktop.  Window sizes are always remembered.
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>>Can anyone else reproduce this?
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>What desktop environment and window manager are you using and which
>version?
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>Lee
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Reply try #3.....

Running an up-to-date FC4/GNOME (2.6.10) system.

Rick