re forcing a window manager to accept specific coordinates for a window in article c r y hfz cs columbia edu ethan cs columbia edu ethan solomita writes hi i m trying to figure out how to make a window manager place the window where the create window command tells it regardless of what it may think is right my application has reason to know better i don t want to set the override redirect because i do want all the embellishments that the window manager gives i just want the wm to accept my choice of location what it may think is right may be exactly what the user wants assuming that your application has reason to know better is imho anti social if i start your application with a geometry option are you going to ignore that as well there s really no way to force a window manager to do much of anything if it s managing your window you can ask you can hint but there s no guarantee that you re going to get what you want tom lastrange toml boulder parcplace com
