Re: Programatically moving windows between workspaces.

[Christian Borup <borup borup com>]

On ons, 2004-04-28 at 02:28, Tim Vroom wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a bunch of programs that start up automatically when I start 
> Gnome.  However I'd
> like to organize them into my preferred workspaces.  I've been looking 
> at Gnome2::Wnck
> but don't think I've found exactly what I need.

Really this shouldn't be needed, the window manager/session manager
should take care of all that. But each to his own and all that.

> Basically I need to be able to find the windows associated with specific 
> programs and then
> the API call to move those windows to a particular workspace.  So far 
> I've been unable to
> track this down.  Any help or pointers would be much appreciated.

Anyway, take a look at "Devil's Pie" with is a small utility, that
sounds exactly as what you want. And if it doesn't you can steal the
ideas.

Devil's Pie: http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie

./borup