I have a hacky workaround for Linux users. I threw together a script to
deal with this problem some time ago (for a number of programs I was
using, but mostly Firefox). It's in a GitHub repository here:
https://github.com/zepalmer/script-vdr
Since that script expects PIDs, I usually call it from a separate
wrapper script for Firefox:
#!/bin/bash
mode="$1"
if [ "$mode" != "load" -a "$mode" != "save" ]; then
echo "Valid modes are \"load\" or \"save\"."
exit 1
fi
ps ax | grep firefox | grep -v grep | egrep -o '^ *[0-9]+' | egrep -o '[0-9]+$'
| \
while read pid; do
[ -n "$pid" ] && vdr --$mode $pid
done
I saved the above as "~/bin/vdr-ff". I have keystrokes which run "vdr-
ff load" and "vdr-ff save" so I can periodically save my Firefox window
positions and then reload them when I have to restart Firefox. In
theory, I could put "vdr-ff save" in a user crontab, but I haven't
bothered to deal with making sure it doesn't save immediately after
Firefox starts.
Please note that the script operates by using the X window title. This
means that (a) sites with changing titles won't restore properly and (b)
some bit of information about your browsing history is stored in
"~/.vdr.data".
Of course, I'd *much* prefer a proper resolution to this bug, but I
haven't the faintest idea how to solve it in a platform-independent
manner.
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Firefox windows don't restore on correct workspaces
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