Re: Programatically moving windows between workspaces.

[Gavin Brown <gavin brown uk com>]

> > I've got a bunch of programs that start up automatically when I
> start 
> > Gnome.  However I'd
> > like to organize them into my preferred workspaces.  I've been
> looking 
> > at Gnome2::Wnck
> > but don't think I've found exactly what I need.
>
> Really this shouldn't be needed, the window manager/session manager
> should take care of all that. But each to his own and all that.
>
> > Basically I need to be able to find the windows associated with
> specific 
> > programs and then
> > the API call to move those windows to a particular workspace.  So
> far 
> > I've been unable to
> > track this down.  Any help or pointers would be much appreciated.
>
> Anyway, take a look at "Devil's Pie" with is a small utility, that
> sounds exactly as what you want. And if it doesn't you can steal the
> ideas.

There's also a generic program called wmctrl, from
http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/. And, conveniently enough, a Perl
module which wraps it, called X11::WMCtrl
(http://jodrell.net/projects/x11-wmctrl).

Gavin.

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