[openbox] Starting application on a certain desktop ...

meino.cramer at gmx.de meino.cramer at gmx.de
Sat Sep 27 14:27:07 EDT 2014


Dana Jansens <danakj at orodu.net> [14-09-27 17:20]:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:08 AM, <meino.cramer at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using eight desktops with Openbox on Gentoo linux.
> >
> > There are ways to start an application on a certain
> > desktop via configuration. Or in other words: It doesn't
> > matter where a choose -- for example -- firefox from
> > the menu...its window will alway pop up on -- say --
> > desktop 4.
> >
> > I am looking for something different. I want to choose the desktop
> > via -- for example -- tint2. Select "firefox" via menu/commandline
> > or what else and change to another desktop.
> > After firefox has collected all its bits and pieces it should appear
> > on that desktop from where I started firefox and where I am currently.
> >
> > Is it possible via openbox? ...or maybe via a helper tool?'
> >
> 
> If the thing you launch the app with supports the startup notification
> protocol, that should "just work". To tell, see if it uses
> libstartupnotification maybe.
> 
> 
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> >
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Openbox pulls 
	libstartup-notification-1.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libstartup-notification-1.so.0 (0x00007f0bb20ca000)

. How can I tell openbox to do, what I want, if I use openboxs menus?

Best regards.
mcc




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