On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 06:41:38PM -0500, Sean Dague wrote: > 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? > > Placement and size policy can be done easily with devil's pie > (http://live.gnome.org/DevilsPie). >
Sean nailed it. Launching is a matter of putting it in xinitrc. Placement is up to your WM. Some WMs have built-in "remember this position for this window id". For the rest, DevilsPie would be a good way to handle it. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately, for most people, that reaction is illiteracy."
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