for thoses interested , with devil spie (use google) I could manage to force specific application windows to pop up in the wanted workspace,
in the ~/.devilspie folder I crested a pidgin.ds file :
it forces pidgin windows to pop up in the 2nd workspace
I don't know well this application but I've seen we can set rules ... so I think there is way to make all windows of every applications pop in a same workspce
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Hi,
I have been tasked to migrate a test package my company developed from a Solaris 4 O/S to a new machine running Solaris 8. After many tweaks to paths etc we finally got it running but we have one problem which I am unable to solve.
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Thank you!
Adelsin (8 Replies)
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I have remote access to a desktop that runs a java application.
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metacity-message
metacity-message(1) User Commands metacity-message(1)NAME
metacity-message - send messages to the desktop window manager
SYNOPSIS
metacity-message [disable-keybindings] [enable-keybindings] [reload-theme] [restart] [toggle-verbose]
DESCRIPTION
You can use the metacity-message application to communicate with the desktop window manager to perform the following tasks: restart the
window manager, reload the current window border theme, enable and disable keybindings, and enable debugging messages.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
disable-keybindings Disable keybindings for the desktop window manger.
enable-keybindings Enable keybindings for the desktop window manger.
reload-theme Reload the current window border theme.
restart Restart the desktop window manager.
toggle-verbose Enable debugging messages for the desktop window manager.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Restarting the Window Manager
example% metacity-message restart
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/metacity-message Executable to communicate with the desktop window manager
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-wm |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volitile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-window-properties(1), metacity(1), metacity-theme-viewer(1), metacity-window-demo(1), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 6 Sep 2004 metacity-message(1)