Just a brief follow up - I got this resolved nicely. Apparently there's lots of different techniques, but the one that makes the most sense to me is the compiz grid plugin.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Dan Kulinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@kulinski.net">daniel@kulinski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I would think this would be the job of the window manager itself. Xrandr isn't really used per window but per monitor. I use it to turn on an external monitor on my notebook or to rotate the display 90 degrees. <br>
<br>As for copying the capability compiz has the ability to trigger commands on edge intersection. A quick Google link [1] shows how to do this with an app called wmctl.<br><br>Thanks for bringing up the topic, I wouldn't have thought to add this to an existing desktop.<br>
<br>Dan Kulinski<br><br>------------------------------------------------<br>[1] <a href="http://www.techenclave.com/open-source-and-linux/window-snap-effect-ubuntu-10-4-a-183730.html" target="_blank">http://www.techenclave.com/open-source-and-linux/window-snap-effect-ubuntu-10-4-a-183730.html</a><br>
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