I have just made a couple of tests, and the result is:

1: mate-terminal interprets correctly the --geometry over the both of
Wayland and Xorg

** hence it was rigth when I derived "theoretically" from the behaviour
of the Gnome Shell, that also over Wayland the client programs can
position their windows!  Now we see, that even the mate-terminal is
capable to position it's window on the base of my --geometry requests

2: gnome-terminal misinterprets the --geometry over Xorg but does
something (see below)

3: gnome-terminal ignores the --geometry over Wayland

** hence the gnome-terminal is the package which has serious
difficulties to interpret the --geometry requests, ... in detail:

If the bottom of "left screen" is higher than the bottom of the "right
screen" and the top of the "left screen"  is also higher than the top of
the "right screen", and the left bar is hidden, then IN XORG:

gnome-terminal --geometry=+0+0 is not at the left edge

gnome-terminal --geometry=+0-0 is neither at the left edge, but even
worse: the bottom of the terminal, --- where we work usually, --- is
below the left screen

gnome-terminal --geometry=-0+0 is also at a wrong location: the top of
it is over the top of the right screen

gnome-terminal --geometry=-0-0 this is the only case, where it is at the
right position: in the lower right corner, bravo!

BUG / 1:  in case of Xorg, the gnome-terminal takes the smallest
rectangle containing the two screens, subtractes the hidden left bar
asif it was shown there, and regardles whether there is a proper
physical screen at the corner in question, it puts the window there,
even if the user can not see it.

BUG / 2:  in case of Wayland, the gnome-terminal ignores the
--geometry=-0+0 alike requests, while mate-terminal demonstrates, that
all of these kind of requests can be correctly satisfied, even in spite
of the urban legend, that it is imposibble over Wayland.

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  [wayland] gnome window manager ignores the --geometry location request
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