I just stumbled across these this weekend .. wonder if they'll be useful with Ion?
wmctrl http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/
"The wmctrl program is a command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager." It lets you enumerate, interrogate, maximize, minimize, activate, move, resize, close windows, make windows sticky, and manage desktops from the command line. This lets you directly implement a variety of commands that would otherwise require window manager support, reducing window manager lock-in. See also Devil's Pie, an application that applies rules to windows as they're created.
http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
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