Matching windows to desktops

[TerryJ]

Erik Harrison wrote:
> On 2/5/07, Lehman Black <dosnlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> maybe wmctrl (http://www.sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/)
>>     
>
> wmctrl powers the tool that Terry already found insufficient in terms
> of UI. So that probably won't help
>
>
>   
>> On 2/5/07, Erik Harrison < erikharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On 2/5/07, TerryJ < listmail at exemail.com.au> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Erik Harrison wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On 2/5/07, TerryJ <listmail at exemail.com.au> wrote:
>>>>> *Snip*
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Thanks. I take it that "disown" is a command.  Now it's a matter of
>>>>>> finding and appropriately describing "new-wm-I-want".  :-\
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Use Afterstep or WindowMaker.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I think it's probably safer for me to try another standalone window
>>>>>> manager.  AfterStep apparently stops this desktop shifting and
>>>>>> WindowMaker may do so, as far as I understand these matters.
>>>>>>             
>> "killall"
>>     
>>>>>> looks scary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> $ man killall
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> I can use another desktop (no names) to amend Xfce documents.  That's
>>>> one reason I have other desktops.  I'd prefer not to use killall or
>>>> those other commands on the fly.
>>>>
>>>> If I log in to another desktop (no name), which Xfce documents do I
>>>>         
>> change?
>>     
>>> The starting of Xfwm is managed by the session which stores its data
>>> in semi opaque files. You could try poking around in
>>> ~/.cache/sessions, but that's unsupported.
>>>
>>> This is really the official way to do it, kid.
Ok.  wmctrl does not seem to have any relevant parameters and I don't 
know that it helps my nerves to contemplate using it.

I'd like to ask one more question.  *If Xfce is nuked by this procedure, 
how do I restore it?*  I'll back up .config at least - is it a simple 
matter of replacing the new .config with the old? 

afterstep seems to exist as two executables -/usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep 
/usr/bin/X11/afterstep .  That's just one example of the type of 
complication that can make my attempts at doing this sort of thing blow 
up and right now I'm very sick of reinstalling.

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Regards, TerryJ

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