HOWTO: Automating Gnome with Devil's Pie

[jrib]

devilspie really is great and works fine with Firefox etc.

problem with Radrails:
But I can't get a program called Radrails (IDE for Rails) to go to a specific workspace.
Do you've any suggestions?

my radrails.ds file in $HOME/.devilspie:

(if (is (application_name) "radrails") (set_workspace 2))

That seems like it should work. Are you sure the application name is really "radrails"?

killall devilspie
devilspie -d

devilspie should now print debug information to your terminal. Start radrails and see if that is the correct application_name. I think it is case-sensitive too.

[bleers]

That seems like it should work. Are you sure the application name is really "radrails"?

killall devilspie
devilspie -d

devilspie should now print debug information to your terminal. Start radrails and see if that is the correct application_name. I think it is case-sensitive too.

solved it. you're right _jason!
with the debug (-d) option I was able to see the "real devilspie" application name.. it is: RadRails.
So edited my radrails.ds file with this app.name. great

[Mozork]

I've started using ubuntu some time ago, so I'm far, far away from being an expert, so it might not be surprising that I seem to fail configuring devilspie for my needs.

Actually I fail on a very basic level, and I have no idea why so...

1. of all: Yes devilspie is working (I tried the gmail example out of the first post in this thread)

So here's my problem:
I want firefox to open only in workspace 3. what I've tried is:

(if
 (matches (window_name) "^*Firefox*$")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

I've also tried

(if
 (is (application_name) "Firefox")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

And I inserted for "Firefox" various other possibilities, such as "firefox-bin", "Firefox-bin", "firefox", "Gecko" - none of them worked...

What am I doing wrong?

- Excuse my lack of correct english, there. (it's not my native language...)

[bleers]

Hi Mozork,

As _Jason suggested me (to see the real application_name) in a previous post.
>> I quote _Jason's:
$ killall devilspie
$ devilspie -d

devilspie should now print debug information to your terminal. Start radrails and see if that is the correct application_name. I think it is case-sensitive too.

try, to see more options
$ devilspie --help

hope this helps..

I've started using ubuntu some time ago, so I'm far, far away from being an expert, so it might not be surprising that I seem to fail configuring devilspie for my needs.

Actually I fail on a very basic level, and I have no idea why so...

1. of all: Yes devilspie is working (I tried the gmail example out of the first post in this thread)

So here's my problem:
I want firefox to open only in workspace 3. what I've tried is:

(if
 (matches (window_name) "^*Firefox*$")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

I've also tried

(if
 (is (application_name) "Firefox")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

And I inserted for "Firefox" various other possibilities, such as "firefox-bin", "Firefox-bin", "firefox", "Gecko" - none of them worked...

What am I doing wrong?

- Excuse my lack of correct english, there. (it's not my native language...)

[Mozork]

Well

I did as you proposed and at first it seemed to work, as there was an error and after fixing it there were no more debuging errors:

mozork@mozbook:~$ killall devilspie
mozork@mozbook:~$ devilspie -d
Devil's Pie 0.17.1 starting...
Loading /etc/devilspie
/etc/devilspie doesn't exist
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/terminal.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/gaim.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/thunderbird.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/firefox.ds

But sadly it did not work...

(if
 (is (application_name) "firefox-bin")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

Could it be because I've named my workspaces other than workspace n. Or could there be any other reason why it is not working?

[jrib]

Well

I did as you proposed and at first it seemed to work, as there was an error and after fixin git ther were no mor debuging errors:

mozork@mozbook:~$ killall devilspie
mozork@mozbook:~$ devilspie -d
Devil's Pie 0.17.1 starting...
Loading /etc/devilspie
/etc/devilspie doesn't exist
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/terminal.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/gaim.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/thunderbird.ds
Loading /home/mozork/.devilspie/firefox.ds

But sadly it did not work...

(if
 (is (application_name) "firefox-bin")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

Could it be because I've named my workspaces other than workspace n. Or could there be any other reason why it is not working?

I tried what you posted earlier (should work):

(if
 (is (application_name) "Firefox")
 (set_workspace 3)
)

and it works fine here.

Did you restart devilspie after creating the .ds file in your ~/.devilspie?

[Mozork]

Hah It worked.

Strange... I tried this before and I also restarted devilspie... Well it works now, so I'll just be content with that.

[gometro33]

If someone needs more help, I found another tutorial that had a lot of examples and explanations. Very helpful.

http://wiki.foosel.net/linux/devilspie

[krhek]

I have problems with the "set_workspace" function, which is the main reason why I got interested in this app in the first place, and I really want to get it running. When I execute Devil's Pie in the debug mode I get:

** (devilspie:8060): WARNING **: Workspace number 2 does not exist

(devilspie:8060): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_window_move_to_workspace: assertion `WNCK_IS_WORKSPACE (space)' failed

Am I doing something wrong? Can it be because I have XGL+Compiz installed?
Sorry for bumping the thread and thanks for any replays

[heng]

It seems to me that firefox should be called "Firefox" for matching to application_name.

This is contrary to all the various articles I have seen on Devils Pie.