Devilspie question

[dodo3773]

These are the .ds configuration files i'm using

; generated_rule matlab
( if 
    ( begin
        ( is ( application_name ) "<Student Version> MATLAB  7.8.0 (R2009a)" )
    ) 

    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( maximize_vertically )
        ( maximize_horizontally )
        ( set_workspace 3 )
        
    )
)

; generated_rule matlab_command_window
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( application_name ) "<Student Version> Command Window" )
    ) 
    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( maximize_vertically )
        ( maximize_horizontally )
        ( set_workspace 3 )
        
    )
)

I just tried this

(if
(is (application_name) "Firefox")
(begin
(set_workspace 2)
(maximize)
)
)

In metacity and it worked for me (on compiz I use viewport). Are all of your rules in the same file? That is all I can think of. Other than that I am not sure.

[Ol' Craig]

Hmm...I'll try putting them all in one file.

Have you ever used the command "kstart" ?

It seems to be better suited for writing a startup script, but i'm having some troubles with it as well

[dodo3773]

Hmm...I'll try putting them all in one file.

Have you ever used the command "kstart" ?

It seems to be better suited for writing a startup script, but i'm having some troubles with it as well

kstart? Do you use kde?

[Ol' Craig]

no.
i tried to edit that last post.
kstart worked, in that it started the program,
but it rearranged everything i had open
ehh...time to call it a night
thanks again for your time
i'll post again later on my progress

[Ol' Craig]

ok, i've got my .ds files working properly
the script works well on startup if i have devilspie set to run automatically, by the gui, in which case i remove the devilspie command at the beginning of the script.
i have tried it as presented below, but nothing happens.
when run, as below, the devilspie daemon and the running script both appear in the system monitor.
i'm a bit confused as to why the script would open the programs and then kill the already running devilspie, but not start devilspie itself, open the programs and kill devilspie.
is there a command that should be included to "run" devilspie?

#! /bin/bash
devilspie
sleep 5
/usr/local/matlab/bin/matlab -glnx86 -desktop -r "edit %f" & 
sleep 45 
pkill -f devilspie
exit

Got it working!
I added an ampersand after the devilspie command....it was waiting till devilspie was "done" before executing the remaining commands.

#! /bin/bash

devilspie &
/usr/local/matlab/bin/matlab -glnx86 -desktop -r "edit %f" &
evolution &
firefox &
gnome-terminal &
sleep 45 
pkill -f devilspie

exit

The only other problem I have, is getting firefox to open in the proper place when there are multiple tabs to be restored. if it's just opening a blank browser window it works fine. weird!!

Thanks again for all your help d

[Ol' Craig]

Also, for reference, here are my devilspie .ds configurations. I found a good balance of using the gdevilspie gui and adjusting the files by hand worked best.

; generated_rule email
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( window_class ) "evolution" )
        ( is ( application_name ) "evolution" )
        ( contains ( window_name ) "Evolution" )
    )
    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( geometry "1280x980+1280+23" )
        ( set_viewport 2 )
    )
)

; generated_rule firefox
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( window_class ) "Firefox" )
        ( is ( application_name ) "Firefox" )
    ) 
    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( geometry "1280x979+0+24" )
        ( set_viewport 4 )
    )
)

; generated_rule matlab
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( window_class ) "com-mathworks-util-PostVMInit" )
        ( is ( application_name ) "<Student Version> MATLAB  7.8.0 (R2009a)" )
        ( is ( window_name ) "<Student Version> MATLAB  7.8.0 (R2009a)" )
    ) 
    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( set_viewport 3 )
    )
)

; generated_rule matlab_editor
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( window_class ) "com-mathworks-util-PostVMInit" )
        ( is ( application_name ) "Editor" )
        ( contains ( window_name ) "Editor" )
    ) 
    ( begin 
        ( maximize )
        ( geometry "1280x980+1280+23" )
        ( set_viewport 3 )
    )
)

; generated_rule terminal
( if 
    ( begin 
        ( is ( window_class ) "Terminal" )
        ( is ( application_name ) "Terminal" )
        ( is ( window_name ) "Terminal" )
    ) 
    ( begin 
        ( geometry "657x465+1591+97" )
        ( set_viewport 4 )
    )
)

Hope this will be helpful