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List:       openbox
Subject:    [openbox] Is there some sort of session management?
From:       si.lence () laposte ! net (si ! lence at laposte ! net)
Date:       2006-09-26 18:12:54
Message-ID: 45196da6.JXwgaiDRcZr10LaB%si.lence () laposte ! net
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Thomas Wehrspann <thomas at wehrspann.de> wrote:

> > Devil's Pie is a handy tool. However, if you're only in search of window
> > positioning, layering, desktop selection, etc., you may want to use
> > 'wmctrl'. You execute it each time you need it, as opposed to having
> > another service always running resident on the system (i.e. Devil's
> > Pie). If 'wmctrl' won't suit your needs, then use Devil's Pie. Just make
> > sure you look into 'wmctrl'.
> > 
> So it's not directly possible with Openbox? Then i have a feature request for 
> future versions ;-)
>
> I know of both programs, but Devil's Pie seems to need gtk2, at least on my 
> gentoo system.
> Maybe wmctrl will fit my needs, as only window positioning is what i want.
>
> Thank you all for your suggestions
>
>
> Thomas Wehrspann
There's also a patch named winstate which works with openbox3.2
You can sp?ecify windows position, decoration or not, and maybe such other things.
It was on this list on February or March...

(sorry for the frenglish)


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