Re: Scripting the Gnome Window manager

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 6 May 2008, at 01:03, quixote72 wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am a recent Ubuntu convert. One of the things I miss from my  
> Windows days
> is the hability to define new keyboard shortcuts and use them to  
> manipulate
> open windows (essentially moving the focused window to specific  
> regions of
> the screen). On Windows I used the excellent AutoHotKey software to  
> do this.
> How would I go about doing that sort of thing in gnome? I am a  
> developer and
> would be happy to hack my own solution if needed.
>
> Any pointers to the relevant gnome API's or alternatively existing  
> software
> would be greatly appreciated.

Have you had a look at Devil's Pie?  Might do what you want.

http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie

Cheeri,
Calum.

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