On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:59:15PM +0000, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 17 Nov 2012 10:41:54 Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > 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. > > Just to understand this: > > If I want the first urxvt to always open on desktop 1, say towards the top RH > corner and the second urxvt to always open on desktop 1, say towards the > bottom LH corner, how should I name the first and how should I name the > second > so that they are always recognised as such? > > As it is now opening a second window of an application (e.g. urxvt, > konqueror, > chrome, etc) always opens on top of the existing 'remembered' window of the > same application.
Aha, so (unless there's an answwer to this question) it would seem that Enlightenment *can't* do what I want. I can't remember the exact details of how it worked in FVWM but it was certainly very simple. I *think* one assigned a title to the terminal window when running it and then told FVWM (in it's startup script) where to put the window with that title. -- Chris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
