On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:39:31PM -0800, HandyAndy0 wrote: > > I need to write a bash script that launches several tasks. Two of the tasks > are gui based. One needs to run in the current desktop, while the other in > an alternate desktop of choice. Any clues? System: Red Hat Enterprise 4.
This really isn't a bash topic. It is specific to gnome and the particular applications you are running. Gnome window managers will look for a _WIN_WORKSPACE property as described here- http://developer.gnome.org/doc/standards/wm/c44.html#AEN46 But there seems to be no standard gtk or other toolkit option that will set that property. The eterm application has a '-D desktop' or '--desktop desktop' option that will set that property. If you are very lucky there may be a similar option to the applications you are starting. Another approach is to use a wrapper application like kstart or devilspie to set the property on the window after it starts to map. That is likely to cause a visible flash as the application starts in the current workspace before it is moved to the requested workspace. I expect you would need to add one of those rather than finding one in RHEL4. -- Mike Stroyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
