howto open programs on wished dektop

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:51:46 +0200
"Kaiser, Hans" <r_2 at gmx.de> wrote:

> > >  how can I open a programm on a specific desktop?
> > >  Under kde it is possible with
> > >  kstart --desktop ...
> > >
> > >  best regards,
> > >  Hans
> > 
> > Devil's Pie can help with that.
> > 
> 
> Todd,
> 
> should it be a joke?
> If not, what package is it?
> 
> 
$ apt-cache show devilspie 
Package: devilspie
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Ross Burton <ross at debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.16-1
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2),
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>=
2.8.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.11.0), libwnck18 (>= 2.12.0), libx11-6,
libxau6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxi6,
libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxrender1 Filename:
pool/universe/d/devilspie/devilspie_0.16-1_i386.deb Size: 28230 MD5sum:
4f0a230c165c06adc001a0d63f576a56 Description: find windows and perform
actions on them This tool will find windows as they are created and
perform actions on them, such as resizing, moving to another workspace, or
pinning them to all workspaces. Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu

Not a joke - well, the name is a joke I guess :-)

Peter

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