[openbox] Defining window placement rules

[Andreas Fink]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:49:30 +0800
fwoncn <fw.oncn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi There :)
> 
> Is there anyone desiring a smart window placement feature like me? By that
> you can, say, always open your mail client in workspace #2, or do many other
> things similar to that.
> 
> I did an google search through Openbox maillist archive and found an old
> thread here: http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2003-October/001501.html
> 
> Devilspie which was mentioned on that thread works well for me. But at least
> another more process running so I'm still seeking for an Openbox-based
> solution. Openbox documentation doesn't give me a clue. I noticed that
> Openbox has adopted Startup Notification support in 3.4 and it probably can
> be able to let user do this (in the future?).

You can start applications on a different workspace. Here an excerpt from my rc.xml:
  <applications>
    <application class="Pidgin" role="buddy_list">
      <desktop>2</desktop>
      <position>
        <x>1052</x>
        <y>0</y>
      </position>
      <focus>yes</focus>
    </application>
  </applications>

Regards
Andreas