On Friday 23 January 2009, Maxim Shkurygin wrote: > Hello mhvluggers, > > I have a pretty common routine that I preform every time I start up > my laptop, which goes generally like this: > > 1. Launch three termnals, and arrange them to fill my Desktop 1 > 2. Go to Desktop 2 and start up Pidgin, and XChat and arrange > them 3. Go to Desktop 3 and start up Firefox + whatever else I need > at the moment. > > Since these tasks are routine and monotonous I imagined there must > be a way for me automate it with a shell script. However after > googling for a while I couldn't find a way to do it. So, my > question is - is there a console program that you know of that lets > me start a specific X app on a specific desktop, at a specific > position with specific dimensions?
I think you want a "Saved Session". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_session_manager Most window managers have an option to allow you to save your session so that you can return to the same programs open in the same positions next time you log in. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 4 - Ruby on Rails Mar 4 - TBD Apr 1 - TBD
