Starting App on specific Desktop (Was Re: Feature idea, would it be something)

[Auke Kok]

Heinrich Rebehn wrote:

>Stephan Hässelbarth wrote:
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>>Thomas de Klein wrote:
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>>>It would be perfect if there was some way to tell stuff in there (or any
>>>App for that matter) on which Workspace it should start. IceWM can do
>>>that if I remember correctly. 
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>>>Do any of you know how to accomplish that with xfce?
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>>Yep, there is devilspie (http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie). The syntax is a 
>>little bit uncomfortable, but it works. I was pointed to this program on this list a few days ago.
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>Or use sawfish as window manager. It has a nice gui for configuring 
>application startup.
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or just leave your applications on the proper desktop and save your
session when logging out, as the session-manager remembers the desktops
that the applications were on. No need to fiddle with devilspie and
replacing xfwm4.

[this item should be in the FAQ IMHO... ping fuzzbox?]

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