I can confirm this behavior as well, and that it is somewhat annoying. I've added compiz to this bug report.
** Also affects: compiz Importance: Undecided Status: New -- evince window positioning with compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198192 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs