Re: Make progams open windows in specified workspace

["Eric Mangold" <teratorn world-net net>]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:56:15 -0600, <reg-sawfish neltus org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Can someone tell me how to make program windows open in a specified
> desktop? I'm using x.org and sawfish only, and want to build a
> customized startup script that opens several xterms and firefox but I
> can't find a way to specify a workspace to open in.
>
> I guess it's more than a simple parameter, like first switching the
> workspace and then open the window? But it doesn't seems like a very
> good solution because you don't even know how long to want for the
> window to open in most cases.
>
> I have searched a lot on google but not found a real answer.
>
> Please help.
>
> Regards/
> Carlis

This question has been contemplated here before, and I don't think there  
was ever any real solution. The problem is that there isn't any way to  
know what windows a process is going to create when you launch it.

Probably the best you can do is to utilize Matched Windows in order to  
catch the windows when they are created and then you can specify a  
workspace there.

Hope that helps,
--
Eric Mangold