starting programs as I login

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 11/24/04 11:25, Biju Chacko wrote:
> aec wrote:
> >Hi again
> >
> >I looked through the archives of this list ( I am new to the list)
> >and found the ~/Desktop/Autostart option, so I have made a little 
> >bash script which launches my apps for me :) 
> >
> >So please ignore my previous questions :-\ 
> >
> >I am now wondering however is it possible to tell firefox to launch in 
> >workspace 5 and urxvt to launch in workspace 1 from the Autostart
> >script?
> 
> One correction on your previous mail: the problem lies with the apps 
> that you mention because they apparently do not conform to the session 
> management standard. Xfce 4.2 session management is not xfce specific.
> 
> I suggest you make bug reports to the appropriate projects.
> 
> With regard to your script, I'd suggest that you use 'kstart' to start 
> apps on specific workspaces.

or, if you'd prefer not to install a good portion of KDE, you could also
try wmctrl (http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/).

	-brian