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

["Larry W. Virden" <lvirden cas org>]

From: 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.

I'd love to - however, the documented format doesn't seem to indicate
how to specify workspaces or monitors.


> 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?
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