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The question says it all really, is there a command that emulates Always On Top that you get by right clicking on window borders?

Logan
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    How would you use it exactly? Always On Top is a feature specifically for the GUI (windows).. – Karthik T Dec 27 '12 at 02:55
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    may it help :http://askubuntu.com/questions/7377/how-to-start-an-app-with-always-on-top-set – yuan Dec 27 '12 at 02:59
  • @KarthikT when the gnome-terminal starts it will execute that command on itself. - or its window even – Logan Dec 27 '12 at 03:09
  • @ZhangYuan Thanks for the link, I already checked that out earlier... Maybe this question has no answer- better off with compiz solution I guess. – Logan Dec 27 '12 at 03:10

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  1. Install wmctrl
  2. Open a terminal and type wmctrl -l. You will see a list of windows and processes.
  3. Type wmctrl -i -r 0x01c00267 -b add,above. Replace 0x01c00267 with the window number you want to be on top.
Ed Villegas
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    Instead of using -i for window id, we can also use a string that would match the title of the window

    wmctrl -r erminal -b toggle,fullscreen Instead of "Terminal", or user@host.... we can use a partial string (I used "erminal" in the example) and wmctrl would try to match it.

    The first one it matches becomes the subject.

     – Logan Dec 27 '12 at 03:43