How to make a Rox window invisible while it is resized?

[arivas_2005]

Cheers
I am trying to open a folder with rox and resize window-rox
but I want to prevent it from moving and being visible already until it is resized
But it's not working

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  esexfat1=/mnt/exfat1" ; ancho30=250 ; alto85=1250	
	rox "$esexfat1" & 		
	abiertal=`wmctrl -lp |  grep -e $esexfat1  | grep -e "+AT"  | tr -s " " " " | cut -d" "  -f1 |sed 's/^ *//g'  | sed 's/ *$//'``	
	wmctrl -i -r $abiertal -b add,hidden
	wmctrl -i -r $abiertal -e 0,650,10,$ancho30,$alto85	
	wmctrl -i -r $abiertal -b remove,hidden,toggle,shaded
	wmctrl -a -i $abiertal

What do I need to modify for it to work
Thanks

[MochiMoppel]

What do I need to modify for it to work

First of all your expectations. You cannot open a ROX-Filer window and hide it from the beginning. When you open it, It will be visible.
Wmctrl can then hide this visible window and move it and make it visible again, but you will always see the unhidden window at the start, and this will cause a flicker. So is this really what you want to do?

rox "$esexfat1" &
Wmctrl will not work because it will not yet "see" your window unless you remove the trailing '&'.

abiertal=`wmctrl -lp | grep -e $esexfat1 | grep -e "+AT" | tr -s " " " " | cut -d" " -f1 |sed 's/^ *//g' | sed 's/ *$//'``
Much too complicated, but let's assume that this monster works. It's also an unreliable way to fetch the window ID, but let's also assume, that this works.

wmctrl -i -r $abiertal -b remove,hidden,toggle,shaded
toggle,shaded will not work because it needs a separate wmctrl command

wmctrl -a -i $abiertal
Will not work because of syntax error. Instead of '-a -i' should be '-i -a'. Not a big problem. Telling wmctrl to go to the current desktop, i.e. the desktop that you are already looking at, and activate a window that is already activated makes no sense anyway

[arivas_2005]

MochiMoppel:
I appreciate your explanation.
There is so much information to learn ... but little by little I advance in such extensive knowledge even through those monstrous command lines.
In my limited knowledge I assumed that there was the possibility of opening an app in a hidden way
# command -hide or rox -invisible
(as is done for example with the line
./soffice -headless -invisible -nologo test.ods)
and then make your window visible .. with wmctrl
so I tried to open a rox in a hidden way and then make the window visible with the personal dimensions.
so my idea ... (impossible!).
My thanks

[puppy_apprentice]

You can try tools like:

devilspie or devilspie2

there are packages for Ubuntu BB and you find tutorials via google.

[MochiMoppel]

I tried to open a rox in a hidden way and then make the window visible with the personal dimensions.
so my idea ... (impossible!).

Possible if you use JWM version 2.3.7 or newer and if you always want the same ROX-Filer window(s) (e.g. /mnt/exfat1) open with a specified dimension. You could specify your preferences in the JWM's "Group" setting
Advantage:
- The window would open already resized, which makes hiding unnecessary
- No additional script needed
- No additional tool like wmctrl needed

May be also possible with WMs other than JWM.