Configurable startup applications in virtual desktops

[koepked]

Is there a way to make the following happen?:

When I log in, my various virtual desktops already have chosen programs running with their windows sized and positioned in a way which I can configure.

From what I can tell, System > Preferences > Startup Applications allows me to choose programs to run, but not in which desktop, at what window size, at what window location, etc. Ideally, it wouldn't even be a start up matter, in a perfect world, I could right click on a desktop in the selector and in the context menu would be a list of preconfigured desktops from which I could select one, and then the windows in the desktop I chose would open. I'd settle for having it happen at startup though.

Thanks much for any help!

[blue_]

You can use devilspie you can put all the settings an commands in a bash script then have that bash script called when you login so it does it all.

(Good Idea by the way Im going to write something up for myself)

[koepked]

Thanks blue_, I've been playing with devilspie this morning and can now setup my dev workspace with 4 clicks of panel launchers, everything sized and positioned just as I want it! I think I'll take it a step further and launch all the windows and the devilspie command from a single script, and then I'll be down to 1 click. Thanks again!