window management

what are some good ways to set default window sizes and locations. i like to default most apps to full screen or equilateral on center. especially the text edit. i dont like windows maybe. but a gui is a good idea. i like tiling but cascading is maybe more efficient programming if it can be made to not look that way. what is the technical term for ™android™ device gui then? can you call that single tasking. i am reading the manual so can probably figure it out but not sure where that data is stored.

someone said on a show that programming should be made visual from beginning. part of me did not believe that. and i have some neat ideas about. or right now i would also just like to be in terminal and launch all windows from there.

square shape i meant, for text editor to be closer to that.

Maybe not exactly what yo are asking for, but there is a desktop settings file where you can save settings for what you want the default desktop to be like when you start the computer, for instance which applications should be open and where they should be on the screen.

The easiest way to get started is probably to first make sure that all windows you want on start are where you want them. Make sure that no other programs are running: easiest is to start from a fresh boot, then open just the ones you like. Then open the Tasks window from the tasks icon in the bottom right, press menu (middle mouse button) in the tasks window and select Desktop settings > Save settings. This will also show you the path to the file where the settings are saved, typically $.!Boot.Choices.Boot.Tasks.!Boot If you have any removable media plugged in, the desktop file will remember those as well, and give an error if you boot without them plugged in, so maybe remove any USB drives and similar as well, before saving.

You can then edit this file by hand to tweak it, but it is a good idea to make a copy of it first. I have no idea how it might break.

As for default locations and sizes for windows that are not in the desktop file, I think this is probably set on a program-to-program basis in their own Choices, but I’m not sure where to look.

Many applications will bake their initial window positions into the relevant template(s) in their Template file.