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dracule
October 28th, 2008, 01:52 AM
I want to make it so when i boot up my computer, pidgin starts on workspace 2, and xchat starts in workspace 3.


is this possible?

ad_267
October 28th, 2008, 03:25 AM
I don't think so, not with Gnome anyways.

dracule
October 28th, 2008, 04:33 AM
dang man,

is there a program or something maybe? i was thinking maybe i could write a script to launch the program, then pull it over to the proper workspace.

ad_267
October 28th, 2008, 04:52 AM
I think devilspie can be used to do this, although I haven't tried it myself.

If you use compiz you can also use the Place Windows plugin to keep windows on a specific workspace.

ilrudie
October 28th, 2008, 01:54 PM
+1 devilspie