On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:51:21 +0000 Chris Green <[email protected]> said:

> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:59:15PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> > On Saturday 17 Nov 2012 10:41:54 Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > > > Just to be absolutely clear - it is possible to start more than one
> > > > instance of the *same* application specifying a different desktop for
> > > > each instance is it?  Essentially this requires that the window manager
> > > > assigns a unique name to the instance (the FVWM start up script, if I
> > > > remember right, does this explicitly) so that one can then tell it to
> > > > run a specific instance on a specific desktop.
> > > > 
> > > > It does sound as if Enlightenment can do what I want.
> > > 
> > > wm's don't assign names. the apps do. wm's SEE these properties. it
> > > requires the APP assign a unique NAME. not title. title's are pretty close
> > > to useless for matching as they keep changing. name/class/role are what's
> > > useful. this needs to be unique to uniquely identify that window and apply
> > > remembered stuff to it.
> > 
> > Just to understand this:
> > 
> > If I want the first urxvt to always open on desktop 1, say towards the top
> > RH corner and the second urxvt to always open on desktop 1, say towards the 
> > bottom LH corner, how should I name the first and how should I name the
> > second so that they are always recognised as such?
> > 
> > As it is now opening a second window of an application (e.g. urxvt,
> > konqueror, chrome, etc) always opens on top of the existing 'remembered'
> > window of the same application.
> 
> Aha, so (unless there's an answwer to this question) it would seem that
> Enlightenment *can't* do what I want.
> 
> I can't remember the exact details of how it worked in FVWM but it was
> certainly very simple.  I *think* one assigned a title to the terminal
> window when running it and then told FVWM (in it's startup script) where
> to put the window with that title.

e17 can do it perfectly well - see ppruka's reply. provide a unique name on the
cmdline - NOT title. as my mail said. titles are horrible things to match
by. provide a unique name from the app and then e can match it uniquely.

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The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    [email protected]


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