Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:43:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, Gnome at FreeBSD List <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I set up "sessions" correctly? Message-ID: <20071028014342.GD48397@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071027232509.D0BAE4500E@ptavv.es.net> References: <20071027214214.GA67018@thought.org> <20071027232509.D0BAE4500E@ptavv.es.net>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:25:09PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix > > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > 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. I'll look for "devilspie"; thanks for the clue, Kevin. What may be a bottleneck is how much XML I'll need to write. --But then, I hand markup HTML ... so not that much of a jump. gary PS: surprised this hasn't come up before. [??] Oh-well. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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