LowerLeftCurrentWindow.m

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%Move current figure to the left of the screen

% 0 is the root window, that is, the screen
ScreenSize=get(0,'ScreenSize');
% OuterPosition includes title bar and other such decorations while
% Position does not
WindowGeometry=get(gcf,'OuterPosition');
centerX = ScreenSize(3)/2;
centerY = ScreenSize(4)/2;
% parameters are [left bottom width height]
% Buggy: in Fedora 8 and R2009a, not all the way in corner
set(gcf,'OuterPosition',[0 0 WindowGeometry(3) WindowGeometry(4)])