Hopw to position a window on the second monitor?

[Dave Howorth]

On 2016-09-16 02:01, Karl Auer wrote:
> What is the command-line incantation to position a window on the second
> monitor?
>
> I want to run VLC (or totem) full screen on the monitor at right of my
> primary display. This is set up as one wide display (I can drag windows
> between them).
>
> I can do it manually - start the program, drag it to the other display,
> then full-screen it. But I want to do that in a script.
>
> I don't think $DISPLAY will help me, because as far as X is concerned,
> it's all one big display. I tried the --video-x option, but it doesn't
> seem to do what I expect it to.
>
> Any ideas?

Use a -geometry +x+y
?

> Regards, K.