start gnome-terminal maximized

[Andreas1]

i would like gnome-terminal to be maximized when i start it. any way to do that? trying google i couldn't find anything.

just to be clear:
NOT fullscreen NOT almost maximized NOT using compiz

[QLee]

i would like gnome-terminal to be maximized when i start it. any way to do that? trying google i couldn't find anything.

Wow, that is perplexing, when I googled it I got lots of hits, including some from the Ubuntu forum. I would expect that you would find some if you used the search function of the forum.

just to be clear:
NOT fullscreen NOT almost maximized NOT using compiz

You can specify whatever geometry you want for the terminal if you start it with the "--geometry=" option.

It doesn't occur to me what you would want with a terminal covering all your screen space if you have a fairly modern monitor, and there's no reason I need to know, but you could do it if you choose to.

[Andreas1]

Wow, that is perplexing, when I googled it I got lots of hits, including some from the Ubuntu forum. I would expect that you would find some if you used the search function of the forum.

yes, i got lots if hits, mainly people asking the same question, and the only solution i found is what you too suggested:

You can specify whatever geometry you want for the terminal if you start it with the "--geometry=" option.

It doesn't occur to me what you would want with a terminal covering all your screen space if you have a fairly modern monitor, and there's no reason I need to know, but you could do it if you choose to.

that's what i meant by "almost maximized", the --geometry option only allows for numbers specifying the size of an unmaximized window, not the same, as can be seen in the screenshot:

[sisco311]

community/Devilspie

Install it:

sudo apt-get install devilspie

Create a rule for gnome-terminal:

mkdir ~/.devilspie
gedit ~/.devilspie/gnome-terminal.ds

(if (is (application_name) "Terminal")
  (begin
    (maximize)
  )
)

Go to gnome-terminal -> Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Title and Command tab and set the Title to Terminal and When terminal commands set their own titles to Prepend initial title.

Press Alt+F2 and run:

devilspie

Go to System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and add devilspie to the startup apps.