[openbox] devilspie and wmctrl

[Jonathan Boler]

John Russell wrote:
> Maybe some integration with wmctrl and devilspie is in order.  Maybe a
> DevilsPieActionWmctrl action....
> 
> On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 16:27 +0100, Md Mooktakim Ahmed wrote:
> 
>>That would be nice. But it would be even better to have devilspie be able to do same
>>thing as wmctrl.
>>One thing i want from devilspie is the resizing of windows and positioing them.
>>
>>
>>>This may not be the right place to ask this, but I have seen frequent
>>>mention of devilspie on this list as a way of manipulating windows every
>>>time they are opened a la sawfish.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know if its possible to get devilspie to execute an
>>>arbitrary command on a new window?  The most useful example of this that
>>>springs to mind is some form of wmctrl manipulation of a new window.
>>>e.g. use devilspie to pattern match the window when it gets created and
>>>then use wmctl to do something to it.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the help.
>>>
>>>John
>>>

Generally I find devilspie and wmctrl to be an icky hacky solution.

If Openbox had the simple "remember" functionality of fluxbox that would 
totally rule.

I intend to write a "remember patch" for openbox3 in the summer. Well, 
at least if I haven't switched to fvwm :)

Jonathan