> > So it will be possible to start xterm with:
> > 
> > xterm -name workspace1

But what about apps that doesn't have a "name" either by X toolkit or
resources or command line argument or other configuration?

> This is a darn cool idea.  The only caveat is that I've noticed that
> if you set a name, it sets the title in the title bar to "workspace1".  
> Since I use a bash prompt (at home - it doesn't seem to work with the
> xterm implementation on Solaris here at work) that changes the
> titlebar to say my current directory, you'll have to make sure that
> changing the title doesn't change the name and screw up your stuff.

-name is for the icon name.
Use -T or -title for window title.

> And of course while this helps xterm (and probably rxvt as well), it
> doesn't do anything if there is some other application that I want to
> start up multiple instances in different workspaces.  Not that I can

Maybe use a different -name?

  Jeremy C. Reed
  http://www.reedmedia.net/
  http://bsd.reedmedia.net/

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