Re: [Fluxbox-users] Scripts for Fluxbox

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On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, A. van Roggen wrote:

>   To install an operation in a given workspace is easy, if done manually,
> e.g.:  " press Alt-F2 " to go the the workspace, and start e.g. 'xeyes'
> from the slit or typing it into an xterm window.
>
>   To do this operation from a script should be possible also; such a
> script could have something like the following
>      #!/bin/bash
>      ....
>      fluxit GotoWindow 2
>      /usr/bin/X11/xeyes &
>      ....
> using 'fluxit' as name for the scriptlanguage (in  Enlightenment, the
> command is 'eesh').  Is there such script capability provided?
> The documentation and available data on the Web give no hints.
>
>   The lack of a script language is seriously reducing the applicability
> of fluxbox; with it, it is e.g. staightforward to set up workspaces for
> various uses, such as administration, editing of manuscripts,
> internet access, etc. without having the various windows getting mixed up
> at a later session.
>
>   Any information on this will be appreciated -- I may have overlooked
> the obvious in the docs!  Thanks,

http://fluxspace.sourceforge.net/

or

http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/ (did not work here, but maybe
sometime)

i also added them to the tools section. if you try them you might
provide some reports, please.

cheers

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