I may regret looking at this... I vaguely remember there being a profiles thing for Xorg et al, and there is, but it mostly seems to be "per desktop manager" not "per display configuration"
the only thing I could see that might help is the capacity to assign hot-keys to arbitrary configuration/commands with openbox... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/openbox#Launch_a_complex_command_with_hotkey mind you, it's a loooong time since I bothered with this... On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 at 21:54, Kim Oldfield via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know how I can save (and later restore) the positions of my > windows on my screens? > > On my laptop I'm running openbox as my window manager on Ubuntu 18.04. > > At my desk I have a docking station with 2 external monitors. I've > configured keyboard shortcuts in openbox to configure my screens > appropriately for docked or undocked configuration (using xrandr). > > Whenever I undock all my windows get moved over to fit on the laptop > screen - so when I dock the laptop again the windows are in the wrong > locations, and I have to manually position them in the appropriate > locations for my external monitors. > > What I would like is a way to save my window positions before undocking, > and then a way to restore these window positions when I dock again later. > > Does anyone have a solution or suggestions to help with this problem? > > Regards, > Kim > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main > -- Dr Paul van den Bergen
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