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I'd like Terminal to open near the bottom of my screen. Is there a way to set the default size and position?

I'm using Linux Mint 13, Cinnamon.

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The answer will vary greatly on what desktop environment (GNOME, KDE etc.) or to be exact, what window manager, you are using. – phunehehe Sep 24 '12 at 11:49

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Most terminals can be launched using the geometry switch allowing you to specify terminal's size and position (COLUMNSxROWS+X+Y) e.g.:

gnome-terminal --geometry 73x31+100+300

or

xterm -geometry 93x31+100+350

If you want to make the above permanent, copy the terminal launcher (terminal's .desktop file) from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit the Exec field accordingly.

E.g. for gnome-terminal

Exec=gnome-terminal --geometry 73x31+100+300

Having that custom launcher in your $HOME would preserve your settings after terminal-package upgrades (that would otherwise overwrite the default .desktop file in /usr/share/applications).

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Perfect. It works. Thanks! – Korgan Rivera Sep 24 '12 at 13:08
I am using lxterminal from Lubuntu 11.10 and the help says that I can use the option geometry=colsxrows but nothing about the position. Do you know how to fix its position in Lubuntu? – Sigur Sep 24 '12 at 14:09
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@Sigur - you could try using devilspie to specify the position. Create a file ~/.devilpie/lxterminal.ds with this content (replace X and Y as per your taste): (if (is (application_name) "lxterminal") (begin (geometry "+200+350") ) ) save, run devilspie then launch lxterminal with desired size: lxterminal --geometry=COLxROW. It should be automatically positioned where you want. It works OK in Gnome 3 at least. – don_crissti Sep 24 '12 at 16:07

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