Is it possible to spawn multiple terminals on startup on different workspaces?
I have a bunch of terminals and Firefox which I would like to have running on startup. XMonad places Firefox correctly, but places all the terminals in one workspace. Why is this happening? If my approach is not possible, is there another one? Thank you for your help.
Here is the important part of my XMonad.hs:
main = do
xmproc <- spawnPipe "/home/x/.local/bin/xmobar /home/x/.xmobar/.xmobarrc"
xmonad $ ewmh $ defaultConfig
-- { manageHook = manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig <+> manageSpawn -- myManageHook
-- { manageHook = manageSpawn <+> manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig -- myManageHook
{ manageHook = manageDocks <+> manageSpawn <+> manageHook defaultConfig -- myManageHook
, layoutHook = myLayout
, handleEventHook = handleEventHook defaultConfig <+> docksEventHook
, logHook = myLogHook xmproc
, modMask = myModMask
, terminal = myTerminal
, workspaces = myWorkspaces
, startupHook = myStartupHook
} `additionalKeys` myKeys
myLayout = avoidStruts $ layoutHook defaultConfig
myWorkspaces :: [WorkspaceId]
myWorkspaces = ["1:system", "2:network", "3:browser", "4:work1", "5:terminal", "6:work2", "7:files", "8:tutorial", "9:music"]
myModMask = mod4Mask
myTerminal = "gnome-terminal"
myStartupHook :: X ()
myStartupHook = do
setWMName "LG3D"
setDefaultCursor xC_left_ptr
-- spawnOnce "redshift -l 40.7142:-74.0064 -t 6500:4800"
spawnOnce "feh --bg-scale Pictures/los.jpg"
spawnOnce "stalonetray --dockapp-mode simple -c ~/.xmobar/.stalonetrayrc"
mySpawn "1:system" "gnome-terminal --tab -e \"/bin/bash -c 'htop; exec /bin/bash -i'\""
mySpawn "1:system" "gnome-terminal --tab -e \"/bin/bash -c 'dmesg -TL --follow; exec /bin/bash -i'\""
mySpawn "2:network" "gnome-terminal"
mySpawn "3:browser" "firefox"
mySpawn "4:work1" "gnome-terminal"
mySpawn "5:terminal" "gnome-terminal"
mySpawn "6:work2" "gnome-terminal"
mySpawn "7:files" "gnome-terminal --tab -e \"/bin/bash -c 'nnn; exec /bin/bash -i'\""
mySpawn "8:tutorial" "gnome-terminal --tab -e \"/bin/bash -c 'vim tutorial.txt/; exec /bin/bash -i'\""
mySpawn "9:music" "gnome-terminal --tab -e \"/bin/bash -c 'cmus; exec /bin/bash -i'\""
mySpawn :: String -> String -> X ()
mySpawn workspace program = do
--spawn program
--windows $ W.greedyView workspace
spawnOn workspace program
Best Answer
Yes it is possible.
One way to do it is with the xmonad-contrib package using
spawnOn
Here is how I used it in a triple monitor setup to start a terminal on each screen on startup.