Where to run applications like terminal windows that I always want

[Biju Chacko]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:44:41 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

> I seem to be in a minority of one wanting to run X sessions like this but
> anyway it's the way I like it.
> 
> What's the xfce4 equivalent of CDE's sessionetc file or xfce version 3's
> xfwmrc file?
> 
> I want a simple place where I can run terminal windows (and maybe a couple of
> other things) on a specified workspace in a specified position.  Should I just
> hang this on the end of a customised xinitrc file?  This seems a bit wrong 
> somehow, one should be able to leave the default xinitrc file in place in
> /etc/xfce4 and have a personal file which adds appliactions to the desktop.

I posted my ~/Desktop/Autostart/startup.sh a week or two ago. It does exactly
this.

> 
> I suppose I could also put things into Desktop/startmenu or whatever it is
> but this again seems rather clumsy.  CDE's sessionetc is a much neater way
> of doing it.
> 
> It would also be really cool to be able to save a set of desktop applications
> and their positions like CDE can.  That's what I usually do on my work system.
> Set it up as I want, save the desktop layout and then tell it to use that
> layout on restarting.  You can then fine tune the layout if you want.
> 
> Doesn't anyone else ever want to start with the same desktop layout every time
> they start X?

The other alternative is to just use xfce4-session

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