change terminal window default location

Question

How do I change the default gnome-terminal location on screen. I checked out the preferences but they only have option to change default size. I also checked out .gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ but didnt find any thing out.
All in all my gnome-terminal should normally be gnome-terminal --geometry=80x24+200+200
I dont want to do it through launcher because I will always have to start the terminal from launcher to get that location.

Answer 1

If it's only the sublime plugin that's bothering you, you just have to edit the plugin preferences and add the geometry parameters:

Preferences > Package settings > Terminal > Settings - Default

{   "terminal": "",
    "parameters": ["--geometry", "80x24+200+200"]   
}

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Another way, if you also want Alt-F2 to open a terminal at that location: gnome-shell Alt+F2 runs commands in your $PATH so you could create a new executable (e.g.gterm) somewhere in your $PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). Edit /usr/local/bin/gterm like this:

#!/bin/sh

exec gnome-terminal --geometry 80x24+200+200

make it executable:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gterm

Now you can run gterm via Alt+F2, it will open a terminal @80x24+200+200. You can also point sublime to gterm (note there's no need for parameters anymore since gterm is already a custom size/position terminal):

Preferences > Package settings > Terminal > Settings - Default

{   "terminal": "gterm",
    "parameters": []    
}

Answer 2

Perhaps change your gnome-terminal.desktop file (not sure about the file name),

And set the Exec= line to gnome-terminal --working-directory=/path/to/folder --geometry=80x24+200+200 instead, that way when you open a new instance, it would be in the desired folder already.