On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 16:57, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote:
> So after starting up a GNOME session, I have to manually place windows.
> I also need to set the "Always on visible workspace" attribute on
> several windows.
>
> How about a separate tool to force placement of windows that are
> launched from a script? (I believe this exists, but I don't recall what
> the tool was called.)

You should be able to do what you're asking with a program called "Devil's Pie":
http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie

"A window-matching utility, inspired by Sawfish's “Matched Windows”
option and the lack of the functionality in Metacity. Metacity lacking
window matching is not a bad thing — Metacity is a lean window
manager, and window matching does not have to be a window manager
task.

Devil's Pie can be configured to detect windows as they are created,
and match the window to a set of rules. If the window matches the
rules, it can perform a series of actions on that window. For example,
I can make all windows created by X-Chat appear on all workspaces, and
the main Gkrellm1 window does not appear in the pager or task list."

Additional documentation and a nice introduction can be found at:
http://foosel.org/linux/devilspie


Cheers,

Daniel Hedlund
[email protected]

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