Andr� Dahlqvist wrote:
>
> Is there a way to have a several applications automatically start up on
> different workspaces when I start X and blackbox? Or even better, have
> it remember what applications, and on which workspace, I had running
> last time I ran blackbox and automatically start them.
At present, no. However, once Blackbox supports the wm spec, apps
could use it to provide a command line option for this -- but it
would still need to be coded into the app.
As for restarting applications that were running last time you
logged out, that is the domain of session management, which the
ICCCM+XSMP lays out. Window managers have a part to play in all
of it, but unfortunately Blackbox doesn't support that part of
the ICCCM.
Will that change? I don't know. In the course of pondering the
wm spec I also got to wondering about whether or not Blackbox
should at some point fulfill its session managing duties as
prescribed by the ICCCM. There hasn't seemed to be much demand
for it at this point, so I'm not too keen on including in Blackbox
proper, but I think the wm spec actually provides enough information
so that an external app could do almost everything that is required.
So maybe once Blackbox supports the wm spec I'll look into writing
a slit app to handle the window manager's side of session management --
though I must admit that's rather low on my list of priorities right
now.
Jeff Raven
