[SOLVED] Autostart applications in different workspaces

Gerard Lally · 10-25-2019, 05:20 AM

KDE 4.14
Slackware64 -current

Any way to autostart applications in different workspaces on startup? Vivaldi on Desk1, xterm on Desk2, krusader on Desk3, etc.

And, while we're at it, any way to control their appearance at startup - maximised, centred, etc?

Fluxbox and IceWM let you do this.

Gerard Lally · 10-25-2019, 05:23 AM

Sorry - please ignore. I was looking in the wrong place. Found a setting under Window Rules which should satisfy most of my requirements.

upnort · 10-25-2019, 01:52 PM

Solved but for anybody wandering into the thread another option is devilspie.

Gerard Lally · 10-25-2019, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by upnort

Solved but for anybody wandering into the thread another option is devilspie.

I was trying to remember what the name was. Thanks for that.

upnort · 10-25-2019, 04:27 PM

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Thanks for that.

Welcome.

I've been using devilspie for many years. Sad though most of the desktop environment devs don't have such native tools.

Gerard Lally · 10-25-2019, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by upnort

Welcome.

I've been using devilspie for many years. Sad though most of the desktop environment devs don't have such native tools.

I took a quick look this evening. I assume it's devilspie2 and not devilspie.

Looks a little more complex than I expected. I don't mind getting stuck in, though, especially if it's desktop agnostic. Any desktop environments it doesn't get along with?

upnort · 10-25-2019, 05:49 PM

I'm using devilspie and not devilspie2.

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Looks a little more complex than I expected. I don't mind getting stuck in, though, especially if it's desktop agnostic. Any desktop environments it doesn't get along with?

Yeah, a quirky syntax. There is a GUI front-end that helps learn or create files.

I have the following in ~/.config/autostart/devilspie:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Devilspie
Comment=devilspie daemon
Exec=devilspie
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=gdevilspie
Categories=GNOME;Utility;
NotShowIn=TDE;
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true

The config files are stored in ~/.devilspie. I use the app name for the config files, such as gparted.ds, virtualbox.ds, terminal.ds, etc.

FlinchX · 10-26-2019, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gerard Lally

I took a quick look this evening. I assume it's devilspie2 and not devilspie.

Same. I never knew about this tool before, but a few times I had the need of enforcing custom window sizes/positions for GUI apps when starting them in dwm(floating mode). Since I didn't know how to do it, I thought I should investigate this devilspie thing deeper someday. A quick search found this https://www.nongnu.org/devilspie2/. On SBo, there's also http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...top/devilspie/, but its homepage https://github.com/GNOME/devilspie does not exist. So I'm not sure what should I do next.

Edit: https://www.nongnu.org/devilspie2/manual.php is 404 as well.

Paulo2 · 10-26-2019, 08:53 AM

I think wmctrl (from SBo) can do that too. I use it to hide Audacious "Album Cover" button from task bar.