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bobbrandt

I know there is a similar thread in the Newbie section, but it is a year old and was never answered fully.

Basically I want to create a Desktop with two Workspaces for general office users. The main workspace will be the default one, but the second will be used for VMWare Player running a Windows VM or perhaps a RDP session to a terminal server (for all those apps which haven't quite made it to Linux yet.)

Getting the processes to run on startup is easy, the problem is I am unable to figure out how to force the apps to launch in the second workspace.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Bob

bobbrandt · 05-23-2007, 09:26 AM

I did find a workaround.

I found that the wmctrl application will allow me to change workspaces from the CLI, but there is a time lag. If the target application (I'll use gedit as an example) is not running I need to:

Change the to the target Workspace
Launch the target application
Wait for that application to actually launch
Switch back to the original Workspace

Code:

CurrentWS=`wmctrl  -d | grep "*" | cut -f 1 -d " "`
Application="gedit"

wmctrl  -s 1
$Application  &
# Wait up to ten seconds for the Application to load
for i in `seq 1 10`
do
 sleep 1s
 Process=`pgrep -f "$Application"`
 WindowID=`wmctrl -l -p | grep $Process | cut -f 1 -d " "`
 if  [[ "$WindowID" != "" ]]
 then
  break
 fi
done
wmctrl -s $CurrentWS

However if the Application is already running, you can use wmctrl to move that app to the desired Workspace.

Code:

Application="gedit"

Process=`pgrep -f "$Application"`
WindowID=`wmctrl -l -p | grep $Process | cut -f 1 -d " "`
WindowID=${WindowID#0x}

wmctrl  -r $WindowID -t 1

However this is just a hack, does anyone know of a better way to do this?

Thanks
Bob

archtoad6 · 12-24-2007, 01:36 PM

devilspie:
http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/...ects-in-gnome/
http://www.linux.com/feature/122471?theme=print [Added]
is definitely able to do this & it specifically targets windows being opened.

Unfortunately "the documentation is sparse" is an understatement.

If you find any evidence that devilspie can "see"/use PID's, please post back.

Edit: In case you aren't aware of it,
http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/
is an excellent overview of wmctrl

05-23-2007, 09:26 AM		#2
bobbrandt LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2006 Posts: 14	I did find a workaround. I found that the wmctrl application will allow me to change workspaces from the CLI, but there is a time lag. If the target application (I'll use gedit as an example) is not running I need to: Change the to the target Workspace Launch the target application Wait for that application to actually launch Switch back to the original Workspace Code: CurrentWS=`wmctrl -d \| grep "*" \| cut -f 1 -d " "` Application="gedit" wmctrl -s 1 $Application & # Wait up to ten seconds for the Application to load for i in `seq 1 10` do sleep 1s Process=`pgrep -f "$Application"` WindowID=`wmctrl -l -p \| grep $Process \| cut -f 1 -d " "` if [[ "$WindowID" != "" ]] then break fi done wmctrl -s $CurrentWS However if the Application is already running, you can use wmctrl to move that app to the desired Workspace. Code: Application="gedit" Process=`pgrep -f "$Application"` WindowID=`wmctrl -l -p \| grep $Process \| cut -f 1 -d " "` WindowID=${WindowID#0x} wmctrl -r $WindowID -t 1 However this is just a hack, does anyone know of a better way to do this? Thanks Bob

12-24-2007, 01:36 PM		#3
archtoad6 Senior Member Registered: Oct 2004 Location: Houston, TX (usa) Distribution: MEPIS, Debian, Knoppix, Posts: 2,948	devilspie: http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/...ects-in-gnome/ http://www.linux.com/feature/122471?theme=print [Added] is definitely able to do this & it specifically targets windows being opened. Unfortunately "the documentation is sparse" is an understatement. If you find any evidence that devilspie can "see"/use PID's, please post back. Edit: In case you aren't aware of it, http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/ is an excellent overview of wmctrl Last edited by archtoad6 : 12-24-2007 at 02:10 PM. Reason: Add add'l links

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