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From: garfinkel@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dan Garfinkel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Moving windows from the command line
Message-ID: <7320016@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:05:31 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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> Is it possible to move an x-window using the command line in another
> session. For example, somebody posted a way to change the title in
> an x window via a c program executed in another session. Is there
> an analogous way to move the window to another location on the
> root display. 

Yes, use XConfigureWindow.  

> For that matter, is there a way to iconicize it as well?

Yes, use XUnmapWindow.

In both cases, your window manager will (should) handle the operation.


-Dan