Lewis Cowles
August 11th, 2010, 08:13 PM
Hello, This is my first post so please be gentle... Is there a way to restrict a single application to each workspace?
I am referring to workspaces as the screen representations shown in the workspace switcher (next to my trash icon)
Also if this is possible, is it possible to have a script or application that re-launches the application if it is shut down, crashes or prevent the application minimizing.
I am also interested in removing the right-click menu and panels from gnome so that this system is the only option.
I got this idea from the gentoo, firefox kiosk live-cd and decided how to make the cd more usable as a public kiosk. Also I prefer debian and ubuntu so I do not fancy tinkering with other distros.
Lastly I do not mind, if this is in gnome, or an alternative as long as the functionality is there.
Thanks in advance,
Lew:popcorn:
Update:
X :3 -ac & nvidia-settings --load-config-only & sleep 2 & DISPLAY=:3 gedit seems to launch gedit in screen3 but this is not a workspace :(
also I have tried wmctrl but it only recognises desktop 0 :( so not sure how to use that, ooh poo :(
Update2:
to check if say firefox was running I can use the following script, I have tested it and I was thinking of having something like this for each app
if [ "$(pidof -x firefox)" ]
then
echo "firefox is running"
else
firefox&
fi
I am referring to workspaces as the screen representations shown in the workspace switcher (next to my trash icon)
Also if this is possible, is it possible to have a script or application that re-launches the application if it is shut down, crashes or prevent the application minimizing.
I am also interested in removing the right-click menu and panels from gnome so that this system is the only option.
I got this idea from the gentoo, firefox kiosk live-cd and decided how to make the cd more usable as a public kiosk. Also I prefer debian and ubuntu so I do not fancy tinkering with other distros.
Lastly I do not mind, if this is in gnome, or an alternative as long as the functionality is there.
Thanks in advance,
Lew:popcorn:
Update:
X :3 -ac & nvidia-settings --load-config-only & sleep 2 & DISPLAY=:3 gedit seems to launch gedit in screen3 but this is not a workspace :(
also I have tried wmctrl but it only recognises desktop 0 :( so not sure how to use that, ooh poo :(
Update2:
to check if say firefox was running I can use the following script, I have tested it and I was thinking of having something like this for each app
if [ "$(pidof -x firefox)" ]
then
echo "firefox is running"
else
firefox&
fi