HOWTO: Terminal as the desktop background.

[NeoLithium]

What am I doing wrong here?

I can get the single console embedded in the desktop, but I'm having trouble getting two of them at the same time.

My DesktopConsole.ds is as follows :

(begin
	(if
		(matches (window_name) "DesktopConsole")
		(begin
			(set_workspace 1)
			(below)
			(undecorate)
			(skip_pager)
			(skip_tasklist)
			(wintype "utility")
			(geometry "+700+50")
			(geometry "700x350")
		)
	)

        (if
                (matches (window_name) "DesktopConsole1")
                (begin
                        (set_workspace 1)
                        (below)
                        (undecorate)
                        (skip_pager)
                        (skip_tasklist)
                        (wintype "utility")
                        (geometry "+700+450")
                        (geometry "700x350")
                )
        )
)

I make 2 profiles (DesktopConsole and DesktopConsole1) in gnome-terminal.

I make 2 session instances where I start each gnome-terminal with its respective profile.

I set devilspie's order to 51 and the terminals' order to 50 in order to make the terminals before executing the script.

What am I missing?

Devilspie is setting them both to workspace 1, switch the 2nd instance to another console number, and it should work just fine Another way to do it, if you want the same window on multiple workspaces, is to use the (pin) option, though that will pin the SAME window to all workspace, ie- you type something on workspace 1, it will be showing up in the term on workspace 2.

[bronze]

My best result so far is a terminal at workspace 1 (ws 3 desired) with transparent background but still with borders. I followed this guide quite precisely two times. I also tried the "devilspie & gnome-terminal" suggestion, to doublecheck that devilspie started first. Help?

[chm0d]

well i have followed this to a t, and I still have borders around my terminal? I see other people have had the same problem. How do we get rid of that?

fsckr

SOLVED:

When you put the commands in the sessions startup at the end dont type DesktopConsole.ds just type DesktopConsole with the .ds. Then make sure devilspie is running first of course before gnome-terminal. These post were a bit confusing with this fix. At least I found it. Thx for the howto.

fsckr

[5h4rk]

well i have followed this to a t, and I still have borders around my terminal? I see other people have had the same problem. How do we get rid of that?

fsckr

SOLVED:

When you put the commands in the sessions startup at the end dont type DesktopConsole.ds just type DesktopConsole with the .ds. Then make sure devilspie is running first of course before gnome-terminal. These post were a bit confusing with this fix. At least I found it. Thx for the howto.

fsckr

Nop, I'm still getting the windows frame. Can anybody post a solution for this please?

Thanks.

[mickc1303]

I tried this but found that it killed Beryl.

I have since removed devilspie and done a full reinstall of beryl to no avail.

I can start beryl manually by reloading the window manager but it's a pain to do it every time I login even though it is set to do it automatically in sessions.

Also I have a terminal window start every time I login and I can't figure out how to stop it. Any help appreciated.

[il-luzhin]

Devilspie won't even load. It tells me that whichever workspace I specify doesn't exist.

[il-luzhin]

I actually found Tilda to be an excellent alternative

[soeten]

Thanks, this really looks great and is very handy indeed. I should have ditched windows years ago. xD

[short4lif2]

I have a strange problem. Everything works fine except that it takes an extremely long time to load the devilspie-ed desktop. The gnome splash screen sticks around for a good 45 seconds to 2 minutes trying to load the programs before it closes. The programs do finally open, but what is making it take so long?

[ahawks]

How do you get the drop shadow, as shown in the screenshot in first post,
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7...erminal6vw.png ?

I'm using compiz-fusion, and have devilspie all set up and working, with a beautiful transparent embedded terminal... but I can't figure out how to get the drop shadow.