On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:01:48 +0000 Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> said: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:21:03AM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:07:33 +0000 Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> said: > > > > > I am considering moving to enlightenment. A while ago I used to use > > > FVWM and I still miss much of its ease of configuration. I am now using > > > the xfce desktop on some systems and lubuntu (with its default window > > > manager) on others. I'm not entirely happy with either. > > > > > > First question, the welcome message to the mailing lists says one should > > > read the FAQ, but for the life of me I can't find it (I started, quite > > > reasonably I think, at http://enlightenment.org). > > > > > > Second question, is there a straightforward way of starting specific > > > instances of applications on specific desktops? I want (for example) to > > > be able to start several terminal (lxterminal, xfceterminal, whatever) > > > windows on specific desktops. This was dead easy in fvwm but appears to > > > be close to impossible with modern (?) window managers. Can > > > enlightenment do it? > > > > click icon of app, or alt+right mouse on window -> window -> remember > > > > you can ask e to "remember" things about that window... in the basic > > dialog. in advanced you can fine-tune this out of the wazoo... including > > asking e to run the app on login. :) > > > > alternatively you can not ask it to remember launching here and use the > > settings -> apps -> startup applications. and add applications to start to > > the order list. you can even define the order. :) > > > Thanks for the response. > > Just to be absolutely clear - it is possible to start more than one > instance of the *same* application specifying a different desktop for > each instance is it? Essentially this requires that the window manager > assigns a unique name to the instance (the FVWM start up script, if I > remember right, does this explicitly) so that one can then tell it to > run a specific instance on a specific desktop. > > It does sound as if Enlightenment can do what I want.
wm's don't assign names. the apps do. wm's SEE these properties. it requires the APP assign a unique NAME. not title. title's are pretty close to useless for matching as they keep changing. name/class/role are what's useful. this needs to be unique to uniquely identify that window and apply remembered stuff to it. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
