Window bounds set on window using AppleScript in OS X are being ignored

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Published on 2010-05-06T01:43:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 1:48 UTC
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I am trying to create a small AppleScript to create and move some Terminal windows around my screen. The problem I am running into is that in some cases, it seems that OS X is ignoring the bounds I am setting.

Using the AppleScript Editor:

tell application "Terminal" to set the bounds of the first window to {0, 50, 600, 700}
tell application "Terminal" to get the bounds of the first window

Shows the following in the Event Log:

tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    set bounds of window 1 to {0, 50, 600, 700}
    get bounds of window 1
        --> {0, 22, 600, 672}
end tell
Result:
{0, 22, 600, 672}

Visually inspecting the window that is created when the script runs shows that Result bounds are the ones being used by the window.

Any ideas?

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