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

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

Here's an example from a session file in my home directory.  Extra
points for guessing what the "workspace" tag does.
  <window id="117f000001000105593295500000005010003" class="Nautilus"
name="desktop_window" title="Desktop" role="" type="desktop"
stacking="0">
    <sticky/>
    <workspace index="0"/>
    <geometry x="0" y="0" width="0" height="0"
gravity="NorthWestGravity"/>
  </window>
 
-Rob

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 13:24, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> 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?