Re: Aero Snap function? Thanks gotsanity, that's pretty cool! I got it to work but after some research realized there was a way to get the same functionality without having to input the dimensions manually. This could be useful because it would make the tutorial easier, and if you ever change your resolution it would be already set up for you. The other advantage is that when the window is dragged to the top, to be maximized, it is actually maximized rather than changing it's resolution to fit the screen. As a disclaimer, I'm no expert at bash scripting, so feel free to improve on the code. I also found the 'let <variable> =' command doesn't work within the Command lines.
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