Re: [Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-21 Thread mario@tiscali
Hello, and thanks for your kind willing to help. I do have wmctrl on my system and I am able to set the sticky attribute for the zim window using the following command: wmctrl -r "My main wiki - Zim" -b add,sticky This is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 with GNOME2. There is a limitation though

Re: [Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-21 Thread SultansOfSwing
Hello, perhaps the tool "wmctrl" is available on your system? It has the ability to set/unset/toggle the STICK attribute of a window. (But unfortunately, in my environment (cinnamon) this does not work, as Cinnamon has its own notion of stickiness, and ignores that attribute). What window manager

Re: [Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-20 Thread WEHLER Andreas
Hi. Setting the sticky bit for some X11 window is so common for me that I've spent it a separate keyboard shortcut. I'm using XFCE, there keyboard shortcuts are found within the settings for "Window Manager". My choice is Ctrl-Escape, while Alt-Escape puts a window to the back. I've also activate

Re: [Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-20 Thread mario@tiscali
Thank you for the advice. I tried compiling devilspie - it has dependencies for packages not available on my system. This is a company owned workstation and I am not authorized to add packages. I imagine this is common for professional users. That's why I am looking for a solution inside zim.

Re: [Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-20 Thread SultansOfSwing
Hello, Personally I would refrain from implementing such platform-specific thing (you know, all platforms except Linux don't have a ) into Zim. I'd suggest to use a Linux tool to speak to your window manager, for instance 'devilspie' should fulfill all your window-managing needs. Regards, Sultans

[Zim-wiki] Request for Enhancement - zim Linux - Always on Visible Workspace ?

2015-07-20 Thread mario@tiscali
Hello, on Linux, when zim starts, it is associated to the current workspace. Because of this, to use it I must jump back and forth from the workspace I am currently in. In order to have it available on all my four workspaces I need to manually select a GNOME option (right click on zim in the