On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 12:56:34PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 12-Mar-2002 Ciprian wrote: > > Sometimes when my machine is under a heavy load there are a few > > seconds between the moment I launch an application (by menu or by key > > shortcut). If during these seconds I change desktop the application > > will appear on the current desktop, not on the one I intended. Is > > there any way to make this happen? > > > > I am open to suggestions. I have not been able to come up with a way. > > blackbox fork()->exec()s whatever you asked it to open. After that it forgets > out it. The app at some point tries to map a window and that is when blackbox > gets involved again. It is no different than if you used a bbkeys keybinding > and jumped workspaces.
Well, blackbox knows that it exec-ed something, so it should be watching for the window to appear. At that point, couldn't it look at what's mapping the window and if it's not on the right workspace, move it? Think about what bblaunch does. (/me says this knowing shaleh hates bblaunch...) -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.cox.net/msw
