Saving terminal window configuration under gnome

jawolf · 11-10-2008, 12:08 PM

I'm using GNOME (the default) with Ubuntu 8.10. A lot of my work
requires several terminal windows open in various arrangements on
several desktops. When I log out and later return, these (or sometimes
most of them but not all) aren't there any more, so I have to spend
some time setting them up again. It's a nuisance. I had this
problem with Ubuntu 8.04 as well, but never had it with Red Hat
(which I stopped using because I need some data off NTFS partitions).
Is there some way of configuring GNOME so that the terminal windows
are saved? System > Preferences > Sessions > Options does not do the
job.

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

Joseph Wolf

rikijpn · 11-26-2008, 06:00 AM

In gnome-session-properties you just save the session, or check the box for saving the session every time you log out. If this is what you are saying doesn't work... Then I guess it's not working right (an extremely rare scenario?).
Anyway, if saving the session really doesn't do the job, just write a script. For example, if you want to be editing some c files in some directories with emacs, and playing some music with xmms, opening some pdf file with xpdf, etc. You could write in the script file the following.

Code:

emacs ~/programs/*.c ~/temp/oldprogs*.c
xmms ~/music/favorites/*
xpdf ~/ebooks/somebook.pdf

someotherprogram somedir/somefile(s)

and then with the terminal

Code:

sh script-manyprograms.sh

lazlow · 11-26-2008, 06:42 PM

You can access NTFS partitions off of RHEL too (not clear why you switched).