Re: [xmonad] Newbie question on xmonad startup capability

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:06:27AM -0400, wagnerdm@seas.upenn.edu wrote:

There is a startupHook (which will be run on every start, including restarts when you change your config), or you can just put the programs you want to start in .xinitrc (which will be run only when X itself starts). ~d

To expand on Daniel's answer a bit, you can probably get pretty far by starting things in .xinitrc and using a manageHook to send the programs thus started to the proper workspaces. However, this won't guarantee that windows on the same workspace are in any particular order relative to one another. You could in principle handle that with the startupHook and some low-level StackSet munging but it would get a bit messy. -Brent

Quoting Sean Charles :

...

Is it possible to write a start-up script so that when xmonad runs it will create a preset bunch of windows, desktopo arrangements etc as well as open the nominated applications as thought= done by a ghostly hand?

I don't expect the app state to be preserved, not unless I was using Squeak but it would be nice to have it start and open my faveourite apps in my favourite window spaces etc

Thanks

Sean

-- _"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools arguing."_ - ANON.

_______________________________________________ xmonad mailing list xmonad@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/xmonad