How to make a terminal window stay 'on top' automatically?
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this? I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option. I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal! -- Chris Green
On 28/04/14 16:21, Chris Green wrote:
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this?
I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option.
I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal!
UXTerm has an always on top setting if that helps
On 28/04/14 16:45, Tony wrote:
On 28/04/14 16:21, Chris Green wrote:
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this?
I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option.
I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal!
UXTerm has an always on top setting if that helps
Sorry, ignore that - i didn't read your post properly
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 04:45:20PM +0100, Tony wrote:
On 28/04/14 16:21, Chris Green wrote:
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this?
I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option.
I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal!
UXTerm has an always on top setting if that helps
Yes, but if starting from a script can it be set? It appears uxterm is just a wrapper around xterm so, can one set "always on top" for an xterm when starting the xterm? -- Chris Green
On 28/04/14 17:02, Chris Green wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 04:45:20PM +0100, Tony wrote:
On 28/04/14 16:21, Chris Green wrote:
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this?
I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option.
I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal!
UXTerm has an always on top setting if that helps
Yes, but if starting from a script can it be set? It appears uxterm is just a wrapper around xterm so, can one set "always on top" for an xterm when starting the xterm?
Yes I did retract that comment :) But my thinking now is to use configuration file to set XTerm to always be on top when its opened. Something along the lines of XTerm*Always OnTop: true But have run out of time to research exact syntax required as I got to leave now to work a 12 hour night.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:12:49PM +0100, Tony wrote:
On 28/04/14 17:02, Chris Green wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 04:45:20PM +0100, Tony wrote:
On 28/04/14 16:21, Chris Green wrote:
I want to start a terminal window in "Always on top" mode, is there any way to do this?
I can use wmctrl to set the 'above' option but it's a command line utility itself so as this is running from a detached script I'd have to fire up yet another terminal window to run wmctrl to set the option.
I need a wmctrl that can run without a terminal!
UXTerm has an always on top setting if that helps
Yes, but if starting from a script can it be set? It appears uxterm is just a wrapper around xterm so, can one set "always on top" for an xterm when starting the xterm?
Yes I did retract that comment :) But my thinking now is to use configuration file to set XTerm to always be on top when its opened.
Something along the lines of XTerm*Always OnTop: true
But have run out of time to research exact syntax required as I got to leave now to work a 12 hour night.
That's probably the way to do it, I have an .app-defaults directory with that sort of thing in it, all I need is the 'AlwaysOnTop' X setting. -- Chris Green
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