I am working on a script that will set up most of the programs I use during work.
I started simple like this:
#!/bin/bash
thunderbird &
utox &
firefox http://www.stackoverflow&
it is already pretty nice, but lubuntu doesn't memorize the position. so it is all messed up and i have to position every window.
I am looking for a possibility to move every window using the very same script. I found the -geometry parameter, but it is application specific and e.g. firefox doesn't support something like that.
as I have 2 monitors there has to be the ability to also control the screen the window shows up.
A bonus would be to also set up windows on my 2nd virtual desktop.
Thanks in advance.
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Im using vim inside a gnome-Terminal to edit a Python Program. Im also using a tiling Window manager calles awesome-wm.
Inside my Python program im plotting some data to a matplotlib graph (when executed that opens another window). When i want to test my Program i use the following comand to run the Program from inside of vim.
:!python3 %
when the Program runs it prints three messages to the shell and opens a matplotlib window to plot the data.
Sometimes i can only see the messed up linebreaks and have to scroll up to see the messages.
My question now is why is the formating inside the console messed up an how do i fix it?
My guess would be that the Terminal Window does not notice that it is beeing resized when the plot window is beeing opend, but i dont know how to refresh the terminal in that case.
using :!clear; python3 % does not help.
Thanks in advance.
(Well, it isn't a direct solution to your problem, but here it goes.)
Most terminal don't handle reflow in resize properly. There is no right ways to do it so most don't attempt to pull all the tricks in the book to make this better. After all, for classic floating window manger, resizing isn't something you do very often. LibVTE/Gnome-terminal isn't designed for tiling WMs and has not been patched over the years to make it better.
Urxvt is probably the most common terminal for AwesomeWM (the default is xterm because it is much more commonly installed by default). It has more advanced features like tabs and transparency you expect from modern terminals. Note that some of them (tabs) are disabled by default.
Sometime using software like tmux can be used to mitigate some of the limitations of any given terminal, but it comes with limitations of its own.
I am trying to run x11 on cygwin, mainly to run xfig utility, and I am facing a problem.
When I run xinit to start x11, I get a big popup window with one terminal open. But I am unable to open any other terminals in it. To be more specific, when I run "xterm &" in it, a new terminal opens up but it sits on top of the old terminal, and there is no way I can move this window, so the old terminal is as good as useless to me, till I kill the new terminal.
I also tried running "xwin". There a big window popped up, but it does not contain any terminal, and I cant open any terminal, whether by left or right clicking.
I also tried running "startx". A big window opens up but gets killed automatically after a few seconds.
How can I use x11 effectively on cygwin? As of now, I can use with "xinit", but with only one terminal.
The proper mode to start the Xserver on cygwin is to use starxwin.
From its manual:
The startxwin script is a front end to xinit(1) that provides a
some what nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window
System in multiwindow mode. It is often run with no arguments.
To move windows around, you need to have a window manager running. You can start this either from the xterm, by passing the name of the window manager as an argument to startx, or by starting it from your X11 startup configuration (memory says that would be ".xinitrc" in your home directory on most unix boxes, but I am not sure if that's true on Windows using Cygwin). The .xinitrc file is "just" a shell-script, with the end of the script indicating "X should shut the server down now" (see example at the end).
There are many possible window managers, including fvwm2 (which according to your comment, you managed to find on your own). A full list of X11 window managers is probably too long to fit in this answer (there are many, there are new ones popping up, and old ones going out of maintenance on an ongoing basis). Some of the not entirely uncommon ones are fvwm2 (already mentioned), cinnamon, twm, ctwm, ratpoison, ... For a more up-to-date list, ask your favourite search engine for "list of X11 window managers".
Example .xinitrc file:
# This is an example .xinitrc file, starting first an xterm,
# then a window manager. As the X server terminates when this script
# does, we start the X terminal in the background, but the window
# manager in the foreground, so that "WM exists" signals "X server shuts down"
xterm &
fvwm2
Is it possible to make/enable/config bash on linux to be able to copy content from terminal by just selecting it and to paste by right click (like when you connect to switch/router with ssh)?
Yep it is in fact it's on by default in most terminals see below for example. Ctrl-Shift-C & Ctrl-Shift-V are also very helpful in this regard. I'm using konsole in KDE but gnome-terminal and nearly every other terminal has this ability.
Without X/Gnome/KDE: if you install gpm you can use your mouse for copy/mark and paste on console.
When working in GUI we do alt-tab (or cmd-tab in mac) to switch between multiple programs, for example I am writing a text file in a text editor and then I do alt-tab to switch to already running browser to google up something then I alt-tab again to come back to keep editing.
How do you perform such "switch between" programs in command line interface - for example working with a ssh command line shell?
EDIT: I forgot to mention it, I am using ssh to connect to my university's server, and they don't have screen & tmux installed, and my account have no right to install any new apps... Is there any built-in functionality to perform this task, or any work around? For exmaple can I "minimize" running proggram and come back to regular shell interface, do some work, then display the "minimized" process again?
Another workaround: use the shell's job control, eg if you're editing a file, CTRL-z pauses the editor and brings you back to the shell, where you can compile, see manpages, browse the web or whatever -- and of course you can background the browser or anything else.
Screen command offers the ability to detach a long running process (or program, or shell-script) from a session and then attach it back at a later time.
As a crude workaround, run multiple terminal windows on your computer, and alt-tab between them.
Incidentally, at the Linux console, you can switch virtual terminals with ctrl+alt+F for at least F1 through F6, commonly F8 or more (depends on how the distro sets them up). Not your case, I know, but in case future visitors should benefit.
If you are comfortable in Emacs, it allows you to run multiple independent ansi-term buffers.
You can also use "GNU screen" to emulate multiple terminals in one terminal.
I am writing a bash script that calls some apps that run in their own window. However, they appear at a standard position on the screen. I want to be able to specify the screen co-ordinates where they appear.
Is there a setting that can be passed in command line to make this happen? I am presently using openbox and if this is a window manager feature that openbox cannot provide, could anyone recommend another lightweight window manager (fluxbox?) to which I can specify window offsets?
Is there an X setting that can do this for me?
Many X clients support a -geometry argument (sometimes --geometry) which allows you to specify size and/or position of the initial window.
devilspie could be of help you can specify different window properties on compliant window managers.
Some examples are also available.