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

Dana Jansens danakj at orodu.net
Sun Sep 28 10:28:59 EDT 2014


On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:56 PM, <meino.cramer at gmx.de> wrote:

> Dana Jansens <danakj at orodu.net> [14-09-28 01:28]:
> > On Sep 27, 2014 2:27 PM, <meino.cramer at gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > See the documentation for the execute action on the website. It has
> options
> > for that.
> >
> > > Best regards.
> > > mcc
> > >
> > >
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>
> Accessing http://openbox.org/
>
> I get
>
> Forbidden
>
> You don't have permission to access / on this server.
> Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at openbox.org Port 80


Oh that's not good. I'll try figure out what's going on. Thanks.

In the meantime..
http://web.archive.org/web/20140903013201/http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions
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