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FW: Bash Window Geometry
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'We guarantee no headaches with our beer...[*]'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:50:59 -0000
- Subject: FW: Bash Window Geometry
- Reply-to: "[*] Because there's no bloody alcohol in it!" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 06 February 2006 17:34, Bubba Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:13:43 -0500 (EST) Igor Peshansky
> <pechtcha@cs.> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Bubba Jones wrote: >
> > > Is it possible to tell the bash prompt where I want it positioned on
> my > > desktop? Using X Windows I specify size and location with
> "--geometry". > > Is there anything comparable under MS Windows? > >
> First off, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL>. Thanks. I think my
> mailer might be goofed... I don't see an option for that. I'll fix it
> the ole fashioned way though with a manual CR/LF :) . > Now, if you're
> starting bash from a shortcut (e.g., the one Cygwin > installation puts
> on your desktop), you can change shortcut parameters to > put the window
> anywhere you want (Properties->Layout->Window position). Thanks, but I'm
> looking for something like the "--geometry" feature of X. I want several
> bash windows on my desktop in strategic locations when I double-click a
> .bat. I'm guessing that a .bat file can contain several calls to bash
> with the geometry pre-defined. Right now my cygwin.bat file contains:
> @echo off cd \ C:\Cygwin\bin\bash --rcfile /cygdrive/h/.bashrc -i Is
> there any way to have the call to bash set geometry? > > Get your FREE
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> '"free" as in "free speech"', actually... :-) > Igor Sort of, kinda.
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Yeesh! Their email is as lousy as their 'beer' !
cheers,
DaveK
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