Let's say I usually have three windowed apps running at the same time:
I like for them to be arranged the same way. I want this to happen on all of my desktops (or whatever the heck they are officially known as). How can I open these apps so that they appear in the same location?
Once upon a time, you could use a command line parameter like -geometry wxh+x+y. It looks like this is still possible, but some programs (like gnome-terminal) require --geometry instead.
Note that gnome-terminal uses units of characters; other programs generally use units of pixels.
So all you need to do is write a script that starts each program in the background with your desired geometry settings. Something like this:
#!/bin/sh
gnome-terminal --geometry 80x24+0+0 &
gnome-terminal --geometry 80x24+82+0&
google-chrome --geometry ... &
# etc.
(I'm not sure if Chrome supports this - you'll need to check)
Finally, set your script to run automatically on startup.
