[openbox] selecting a "primary" desktop in openbox

[Dana Jansens]

On 2010-05-10, at 3:15 PM, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have 4 desktops in openbox, named 1,2,3 and T. The last one has a
> terminal on the background and I only use it for that. However, when I
> login to X that is the first desktop which appears.
> 
> What I wanted to know is if there is a way in openbox that I can
> specify that desktop 1 should be the desktop I see first when I login?
> On my rc.xml I have:
> 
>    <number>4</number>
>    <firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
>    <names>
>      <name>1</name>
>      <name>2</name>
>      <name>3</name>
>      <name>T</name>
>    </names>
> 
> However, the firstdesk thing does not get respected. Is this the way to set it?

In 3.4.x, if you're using a saved session, such as with GNOME/Openbox or some other session manager, then Openbox saves your current desktop along with your session, and you'll get back whatever you saved the next time you log in.  So you can just make sure you're where you want to be when you log in, and save your session again, to make it remembered.

Dana