On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Alessandro Crismani <
alessandro.crism...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Il giorno ven, 04/02/2011 alle 12.15 +0100, Milan Bouchet-Valat ha
> scritto:
> > > I believe fixed number of workspaces are something every developer
> > > will have. May be we should try to implement in the core instead of
> > a
> > > plugin ?
> > I also feel like the Shell should allow people to have a fixed number
> > of
> > workspaces on start, while keeping the default behavior easy for most
> > users.
> > The problem is, it should not conflict with workspaces
> > auto-management. See
> > http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=1126
> >
> >
>
> An extension has been posted on this list some time ago that offers
> something similar. In particular, it allows opening different apps on a
> fixed workspace, which is if it doesn't exist (think of it as a sort of
> devilspie).
>


Yes, in fact you had posted a link to the extension some time back in
November I believe.  The link to the sample extension is:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2010-November/msg00036.html

Compliments to Thomas Bouffon for his work.

sri


> I'm using and loving it right now, with a configuration that sounds
> like:
> Chromium: Workspace 1
> Evolution: Workspace 2
> Rhythmbox: Workspace 3
> GTG: Workspace 4
>
> Those apps are autostarted when I log in, and the extension creates the
> four workspaces and places them accordingly to the settings. If you only
> need a fixed number of workspaces at startup you may modify it to suit
> your needs.
>
> If you are interested search the archive of the list for the extension.
> I can't remember the topic, but I think it was posted by Thomas Bouffon,
> if I am not mistaken.
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Alessandro
>
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