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From: Eric Smoll (ericsmoll_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 28 2014 - 15:27:09 CDT

Hello John,

Thank you for the rapid response. I am running Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS.
Ideally I would like the "Main" window minimized and the "OpenGL Display"
in a specific location on the screen. If I position and resize a
gnome-terminal window in the exact location of interest I am pull info on
its position and size:

[ ~ ] LAPTOP $ xwininfo -id $(xprop -root | awk
'/_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW\(WINDOW\)/{print $NF}')

xwininfo: Window id: 0x425f2df "test"

  Absolute upper-left X: 716
  Absolute upper-left Y: 52
  Relative upper-left X: 0
  Relative upper-left Y: 0
  Width: 650
  Height: 716
  Depth: 32
  Visual: 0x60
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x4200005 (not installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners: +716+52 -0+52 -0-0 +716-0
  -geometry 64x35--7-0

Best,
Eric

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:16 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> You can control this on most platforms, either by setting
> environment variables on Unix, or by adding "display resize"
> and "display reposition" commands to your local or global
> .vmdrc or vmd.rc startup files. See the VMD User's Guide for
> more details about these things. If you tell us more about your
> target platform, we could provide better suggestions.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 02:06:37PM -0600, Eric Smoll wrote:
> > Hello VMD users,
> > Is there anyway to control the size and location of the "OpenGL
> Display"
> > and "VMD Main" window on launch?
> > Best,
> > Eric
>
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