Actually it is quite funny: I have just switched it to "Under the mouse pointer", which means that clicking a launcher from the panel opens the application northwest - my panel/launchers are north. When I click the launcher and move the mouse away quickly, the window really opens where the pointer is. It should make more sense if you use keyboard shortcuts to open apps than opening them from the Menu (especially if there are daemonized applications which open instantly after clicking - but actually near the menu button or at the edge where the menu betton is)
An no: the WM doesn't want to remember the former position of the window.
Generally speaking, I think this 'placement' section needs a bit of rework, too. "Remember window position and geometry" is in my opinion more important than "Place window under pointer". Who moves his mouse to a position on the (empty) desktop, chooses the application and waits until it opens there? Or who moves the mouse to a special position and then uses keybindings to place the app? Or maybe I simply don't get it 
Edit #1075: I have just checked out wmctrl and found that it can actually act as alternative to the missing options.
shows a list of all windows managed by the WM with PID and geometry information. If we make a script like:
#! /bin/bash
your_app &
wmctrl -r <application title / pid of your_app / an expression in the window title> -e 0,0,0,1024,200
# wmctrl -r specifies the target window titled <~>, -e moves and resizes to gravity, x-pos, y-pos, width, height
exit 0
it should open the target window at position x,y with the size w,h.
Last edited by machinebacon (2011-08-20 05:31:53)
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