Re: Virtual desktops, desktop icons

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

From: "andrew.m.mc.clure.1" <amcclure purdue edu>

> Second, is there any way to ensure that child windows open in the same
> virtual desktop as their parent window, rather than just opening into
> whatever vdesktop I happen to be using at that moment? Or alternately
> "quarantine" an application in such a way that all future instances of a
> specific application are forced to open into a specific virtual desktop?

Look at an application called devilspie.  It provides an attempt to
do this - some times it is more successful than others.
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