In TWM, how to move a window that is completely offscreen?
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I've managed to get GIMP starting up completely off-screen somehow. Other applications are unaffected because they use click-to-place, but GIMP wants to just place it's own window.
**What methods are there to get this window back on-screen?**
I can see the application's "icon" in the
twm
"icon manager" and I can even see it minimised, but restore the window and it goes away off-screen. I can select Move from the "Super + middleclick-on-desktop" menu which calls f.move
but that will only move the minimised icon.
The man page says I can set DontMoveOff
in .twmrc
but that's about moving, not an application starting itself at specific coordinates.
Running the command with -geometry
is also a common solution, but gimp does not know this parameter.
$ gimp -geometry 1000x1000+10+10
Unknown option -geometry
In MS Windows, one can use + Spacebar to force a menu, one item being "move" which allows the window to be moved. But there doesn't appear to be a similar keypress in twm
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Suggestions for wmctrl
look positive, but twm seems to be too old to support this particular solution.
$ wmctrl -l
Cannot get client list properties.
(_NET_CLIENT_LIST or _WIN_CLIENT_LIST)
Asked by Criggie
(1841 rep)
Jan 19, 2022, 09:54 PM
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