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How to open a program on particular desktop?

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Mar 15, 20264549 views
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Problem

When I start GUI program, it's window appears on the currently active desktop (essentially, on a random desktop). How to make it appear on a specific desktop? For example, at startup I want certain programs to be started and distributed to desktops. I've already set up config file of openbox to for…

Error Output

start_on_desktop 1 gnome-terminal --tab -e program1 --tab -e program2
start_on_desktop 2 gnome-terminal --tab -e program3 --tab -e program4
start_on_…

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try devilspie: Devil's Pie can be configured to detect windows as they are created, and match the window to a set of rules. If the window matches the rules, it can perform a series of actions on that window. For example, I can make all windows creat…

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