For a while now it's irritated me that my Terminal window would always open up a little way in from the left of the screen, while for others (who have their Dock pinned to the left) new Terminal windows would open too far to the left; i.e. under the Dock. A recent forum thread deals with this issue but I thought the solution warranted posting here.
The preference file for Terminal ("/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist") appears to include data regarding a window's location as follows:
<key>WinLocX</key>
<string>21</string>
<key>WinLocY</key>
<string>0</string>
However, while this data is saved when you create a .term file, ordinary Terminal windows don't seem to pay any attention to these settings. The solution is as follows. You need to open /Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.app (Control-click and show package contents, then...) Contents -> Resources -> English.lproj -> Term.nib with Interface Builder and move the 'Terminal' window to where you want your default Terminal.app window to appear. Save this file then launch Terminal.app. The new window will appear at the location you just set in Interface Builder.
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