On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Paul Tomblin wrote:
> "Gregory J. Barlow" wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Paul Tomblin wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but I can't find it documented anywhere. How do I
> > > make Blackbox start up stuff in different workspaces? On some window
> > > managers, you just give the thing a -geometry that places it at "width * <n> +
> > > epsilon" and it ends up epsilon pixels past the edge of workspace <n>+1, but
> > > that doesn't appear to be the case with Blackbox. It also doesn't have any
> > > option that I can see to save the current set-up to be restarted next time you
> > > log in.
> >
> > Neither one of the things you want is supported.
>
> That's too bad, because I consider the ability to be able to put a bunch of
> applications in my .xinitrc and start them up on the appropriate Workspaces of
> primary importance. Session saving is very very low on my list, but not
> having to manually start Netscape, my applications, and 12 xterms in the
> appropriate workspaces is a show stopper for me. I guess I'm going back to
> Window Maker.
> Too bad, because Blackbox was visibly faster.
>
>
I am working on a tool in which you can define the workspace an
application starts on depending on application name or class (similar to
fvwm). As long as the tool is running it will move application windows
with a certain name or class to a certain desktop. So not just at blackbox
startup.
John
