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I have Lubuntu 11.04, I start my terminal sessions with a shortcut.

The annoying thing is that the terminal windows are never maximized when I launch them, so every time I launch a terminal I must resort to using the mouse.

How do I set it so that the terminal session windows open maximized when I start them?

The Lubuntu terminal is LXTerminal.

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If you would consider changing to for example xterm or urxvt then you would put such options in the .Xresources file. (There is probably a configuration file for LXTerminal as well, otherwise it is configurable with the tools that come with Ubuntu.) – Emanuel Berg Aug 23 '12 at 20:35

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I don't have Lubuntu installed to test but maybe:

To configuration file ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml adding the lines below :

<!-- Option to maximize all normal window when launched-->
<application type="normal">
<maximized>true</maximized>
</application>

Removal of this was suggested as a way to STOP it from doing so here.

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yeah i tried that, to no avail. – Hermann Ingjaldsson Aug 23 '12 at 21:38
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I just tried <application name="lxterminal"> <maximized>yes</maximized> </application> (appropriately formatted) and it worked for me. I ran openbox --reconfigure after making the change. – vasa1 Sep 20 '12 at 3:48
It appears like the answer works for 12.04, but vasa1's comment works for 11.04. – Hermann Ingjaldsson Feb 1 at 10:49
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Try gdevilspie, match lxterminal window, and auto-maximizing,

Just an example on how it works (with gnome-terminal), first hit on 'Get' and select the LXterminal,

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And in actions, select 'maximize', save the rule. So any time you start LXterminal, it would start maximized.

Last thing you need to make sure if daemon is running at start:

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Well it definitely seems to be in the direction. I've installed devilspie and created a rule which has actions->maximize. Then in matching i click 'window_class' and have tried 'Terminal' and 'LXTerminal'. But it doesn't work. – Hermann Ingjaldsson Aug 24 '12 at 6:25
@HermannIngjaldsson don't type in anything, use the 'Get' button to get the correct value – warl0ck Aug 24 '12 at 6:36
@HermannIngjaldsson wait, did you start devispie daemon ? – warl0ck Aug 24 '12 at 6:36
Ok now i used the 'get' button. Still doesn't work and yeah the daemon is running. – Hermann Ingjaldsson Aug 24 '12 at 6:55

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