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Topic: open an application on multiple desktops

hi,

I want to run mrxvt on desktops 1-5. how do I do this? I know how to run it on desktop one as well as how to run it on *all* desktops, but I want it to run on 1-5. help?

  • benj1
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Re: open an application on multiple desktops

at the end of the openbox rc.xml you can setup rules for for windows

i know you can do

<desktop>1</desktop>

and 

<desktop>all</desktop>

but dont know if you can do 

<desktop>1,2,3,4,5</desktop>

or would have to do

<desktop>1</desktop>
....
<desktop>5</desktop>

anyway have a fiddle

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Re: open an application on multiple desktops

I have tried both, and neither works. they just put the application on desktop 1.

  • benj1
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Re: open an application on multiple desktops

hmmm
the only other thing i can suggest then is doing an entire entry for each desktop
ie

    <application name="foobar">
      <desktop>1</desktop>
    </application>
    <application name="foobar">
      <desktop>2</desktop>
    </application>
   ....

although im not hopeful

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  • Registered: 2009-01-21
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Re: open an application on multiple desktops

this will only put the application on the last mentioned desktop (which would in my case be desktop 5).