Re: FVWM: StartsOnDesk and pages

From: Thimo Jansen <teejay_at_Cam031102.student.utwente.nl>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:59:45 +0200

On Wed Jun 25, 1997 at 00:45, Daniel Odom (daniel_at_jimi.danodom.com) wrote:
> Everyone knows how to cause certain applications to start on certain
> desktops, but how do we make sure they take vacant pages (if
> available)?
>
> I have a bunch of desktops called "Bash," "Emacs," "Netscape," and so
> on, each for the obvious apps. I often run four or five copies of
> emacs and at least a few shells, and I like being able to just click
> "local shell" on my menu and have it pop up on the appropriate
> desk. I'd like it even better if it would magically appear on a
> vacant page -- right now I have to rearrange the windows every time I
> start a new instance of an application.

RTFM , look in the manual (man fvwm2) for "StartsOnDesk". You can give
"Style"s to applications and there you define on which Desk they should
start.

Hope this helps,

Thimo Jansen
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Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 10:00:30 BST

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