Re: In search of tutorial, document, etc. for communicating

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

Well for metacity, session files are stored in a convenient,
easy-to-parse xml format in the ~/.metacity/sessions directory.  If
you're only interesting in modifying sessions when logged out, you could
just edit these session files.

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 09:00, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> From: Rob Adams <readams readams net>
> 
> > Well, it kind of depends on what kind of application you're writing.  
> 
> Ah - I was too vague I see. 
> 
> What I am trying to do is modify the startup files used by GNOME at login
> so that specific applications - whether saved automatically or set manually
> to be started by gnome-session - start up on a specific monitor in a specific
> workspace.
> 
> So I am using the metacity window manager and gnome-session shipped with
> Solaris GNOME.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 03:14, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> > I am seeking documentation that would allow me to specify the monitor and
> > metacity workspace which a specific instance of a process should be displayed.
> > 
> > Is anyone aware of any white papers, magazine articles, etc. on this
> > topic?