autostarting applications on different workspaces?

[Joe Klemmer]

On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 02:19 +0200, Mike Massonnet wrote:

> > You can use kstart from KDE.
> > 
> 
>   You are kidding, right?

	No, he's not.  kstart is really a nice utility.

>   How can an application from a so big project do the job?  I hadn't
> say anything if kstart had been a standalone application, but it does
> run a lot of service before making anything.

	Yes, it brings in the KDE libs and junk, but so what?  Most people are
loading them anyway, along with the GNOME libs, so they can run whatever
apps they choose.

>   So, I also suggest Devil's Pie as has done Foxy.  There is a nice
> Wiki which shows a lot of examples with explications here:
> http://wiki.foosel.net/linux/devilspie

	I tried this and another one that was mentioned in a similar thread a
while ago but they just didn't want to cooperate.

	FWIW, what I do is open the apps I use on the desktops I want them on
then use the xfce session manager to keep them there.  The only apps I
don't do this with are Evolution and Firefox.  The former because I need
to open an ssh tunnel before starting it and the latter because I tend
to open it on different desktops depending on what I'm doing and what
kind of mood I'm in.


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