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I installed zathura via homebrew from this github repository. It works well, but the window which zathura creates is an X11 (XQuartz) window which can't be controlled with BetterTouchTool. So I only can manually resize and reposition the window. Instead of installing an additional window manager I'd then just let zathura spawn all it's windows in a certain size and position. I know about the .Xdefaults file in my home directory, but since zathura itself is not an X11 application I can't just write e.g.

zathura*geometry: 1050x750

My question is: How can I manage to let a non-X11 application (in this case zathura) which spawns an X11 window, spawn all windows in a certain size and position by default?

Versions:

  • OS: OS X 10.11.6
  • Homebrew 1.3.2-62-gdce8938
  • zathura 0.3.7
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  • Wondering the same! – Adam Erickson Feb 23 '19 at 19:23
  • If an application create an X11 window, then it is an X11 application. Or dose it create another process, that creates the X11 window? – ctrl-alt-delor Apr 03 '19 at 07:59
  • I believe the most reliable way is to just write a sample x-client that listens for all new windows, finds the ones spawned by zathura (either by title or resource/class) then issues a configure_request to resize the window to whatever you want. – TAAPSogeking Jun 02 '19 at 06:54
  • Not a proper solution, but to adjust the window to 500x700+20+10 geometry (500 width, 700 height, 20 from the left, 10 from the top) right after it has been mapped, you could use Xdotool: `zathura --fork 1.pdf && xdotool sleep 0.2 getactivewindow windowsize 500 700 windowmove 20 10`. – Quasímodo Sep 28 '21 at 09:22

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