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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:25:09 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        Gnome at FreeBSD List <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How do I set up "sessions" correctly? 
Message-ID:  <20071027232509.D0BAE4500E@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:42:14 PDT." <20071027214214.GA67018@thought.org> 

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> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:42:14 -0700
> From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
> 
> 
> 	Whenever my new server reboots (probably due to overheating)
> 	it takes me close to 20 minutes to get every application back
> 	where I want it.  I like evolution in Workspace #2, I like to
> 	have firefox and konquorer in Workspace #3, and since I cannot
> 	get the vi/vin BEL to sound in Terminal, I use the KDE 
> 	konsole.   In all four workspaces.  I have found that the the
> 	place where the start-up apps are put in thru "Session"
> 	which is found by clicking on System -> Preferences -> Session.
> 
> 	I do not see any way of designation a specific *workspace*, and
> 	considering how well thought out both gnome and KDE are, my
> 	thinking is there has got to be  a way.
> 
> 	I used//am still using CTWM on three of my five servers; putting
> 	X application into  Workspace N,M or K is a chore there too.   But 
> 	if anybody can clue me in, I would be much obliged indeed.
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 
> 
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Gary,

Take a look at the devilspie. It can do a lot of this sort of thing and
is installed as part of gnome. I have not found any good doc on it, but
I believe it does just what you want if you can figure out how to write
the XML configuration.
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Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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