Opening a set of apps

[ms]

On 04/05/10 01:22, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/03/2010 02:04 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 05/02/2010 07:16 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> Like I mentioned to Chris, my bad. I should have been more clear.  I
>> wasn't looking for a way to launch programs at start up.  I would like
>> to be able to click on a menu entry (or panel launcher) and open and
>> position a group of programs I use for a specific task.

Don't know about positioning, but for opening, I would just write a dumb 
shell script, make it executable and then linking to it with a 
desktop/menu icon.

Something like:
---
#!/bin/sh

program1 &
program2 &
program3 &
---
Maybe the desktop manager will take care of remembering the positions.

A bit more convoluted scripting could also allow you to exit them all 
with a single click, too.

cheers,
m.