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. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
