Thanks very much Dominik, Hegel3DReloaded, and Elliot! I was able to use your ideas to craft a solution.
Cheers, Steve Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Stephen Talley wrote: > > In my FVWM configuration, I can use either Sticky: > > > > # Show window on all desktops > > Style *Emulator* Sticky > > > > ???or StartsOnDesk: > > > > # Show window on desktop 3 only > > Style *Emulator* StartsOnDesk 3 > > > > But how can I make a window appear on, say, desktops 3 and 4, but not 0, 1, > > or 2? > > Fvwm does not manage desk objects. The desk a window is present > on is just a property of the window, so there is no direct way to > do that. However, you can do some scripting: > > -- snip -- > addtofunc custom_gotodesk > + I setenv _desk $0 > + I test (envmatch _desk 1) all (xeyes) stick on > + I test (envmatch _desk 2) all (xeyes) stick on > + I test (envmatch _desk 3) all (xclock) stick on > + I test (envmatch _desk 4) all (xclock) stick on > + I GotoDesk 0 $0 > + I All (xeyes) stick off > + I All (xclock) stick off > + I unsetenv _desk > -- snip -- > > Call this function instead of GotoDesk with > > custom_gotodesk <desknum> > > -- > > This won't work if you click on the pager to switch desks because > the GotoPage command is hard coded there. In that case, FvwmEvent > helps: > > -- snip -- > *FvwmEvent: new_desk deskchange > Module FvwmEvent > > addtofunc deskchange > + I echo dc $[desk.n] > + I setenv _desk $[desk.n] > + I test (envmatch _desk 1) all (xeyes) movetodesk > + I test (envmatch _desk 2) all (xeyes) movetodesk > + I test (envmatch _desk 3) all (xclock) movetodesk > + I test (envmatch _desk 4) all (xclock) movetodesk > + I unsetenv _desk > -- snip -- > > You'll probably want to put the module execution in the > initfunction/restartfunction. > > Ciao > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ > > -- > > Dominik Vogt
