Make Google Earth for Linux play nice with standard X11 --geometry arguments

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The standard way to tell an X11 application where to place it's windows is with 
the geometry parameter. 

See http://www.xfree86.org/current/X.7.html#sect6

It would be great if google earth app for Linux would honour this and allow the 
main window to placed at specified location and size. This is particularly 
useful in multi-screen setups where you may want to only run GE on the second 
or third screen. Or to go 'fullscreen' on the second screen but not on the 
first, etc.

eg. google-earth --geometry 1280x1024+1280+0 would place GE fully on the second 
screen of a 2 head 1280x1024 setup.

For Linux/X11 there are workarounds, with placement apps like Devilspie which 
can force the layout of X11 windows. 

Cheers, Andrew.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alfski on 13 Jan 2011 at 9:03

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Original comment by alfski on 1 Jul 2011 at 4:54

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Original comment by alfski on 3 Jul 2011 at 6:57

• Changed title: Make Google Earth for Linux play nice with standard X11 --geometry arguments