STATE plugin // extension idea/request

[donmiguel]

I have a dream... i'd like very much to be able to tell my window with the name Gunther not only to appear on the 5th viewport, but as well to have a width & height of 200 px and to position itself at the screen pixel 100x100.

:D

Well, i wanted to ask, if it would be a big change to add such propierties to the state plugin. Because i could use it, i don't know if there's a general interest in a such extension.
Let me know what you think guys!!

greets donmiguel

Ps: all allusions to big persons of history are totally coincidental! :D

[Shelf]

Devilspie (or Devil's Pie) does exactly that. I don't see any need in useless features for compiz that are already covered by other apps.

[RYX]

Hi donmiquel! Although those are very useful features/ideas, I fully agree with Shelf ... If possible, things should be done outside of compiz. Compiz plugins shouldn't be doing things that could be done by external apps as well ... and placing/moving/resizing windows is one of the easiest exercises within any language. The more things get done within compiz, the less stable it becomes.

You could try yourself at Python - it's not much more difficult than messing with all those options in some plugins ...

:)