The title says it all. I usually have a console window on my Desktop 1; I would like to be able to launch from there any application specifying on which Desktop the application window should appear. For example, from my console window on Desktop 1. I would like to launch thunderbird
in such a way that its window opens on Desktop 2. Is this possible? (I'm running kubuntu 9.04)
Ubuntu – How to launch an application on a specific desktop from command line
command line
Best Answer
Here are a few options.
Devil's Pie
Here's an old tutorial.
wmctrl
You can make a script to move to the desired workspace and then launch your app (source):
Or you could launch your app and then move it. I think something like this would work:
Compiz Place plugin
You can enable and configure this if you install compizconfig-settings-manager
.
Allows you to set fixed positions for windows with specific titles.
FYI, previously I used
wmctrl
in Gnome. Some of its features don't work for me in 11.04 w/ Unity, but should be good in 9.04. Not sure about KDE though.