Re: [i3] Starting apps on designated workspace only on i3 startup

  • From: James Robertson <j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager" <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:04:19 +1000

The problem with gimp is that it waits until its splash screen is actually
showing (getting mapped on the screen) before it continues loading…

You should report this as a problem at gimp if you need this functionality :).

Thanks for your help Michael,

Using the commands after each other instead of on seperate lines
works! For example the following opens urxvt on the correct desktops.

exec i3-msg workspace TERM ; i3-msg exec urxvt ; i3-msg workspace EDIT
; i3-msg exec urxvt ; i3-msg workspace MISC ; i3-msg exec urxvt

Iceweasel on Debian Sid is obviously not using startupnotify, I'll
take that up with Debian in a bug report but as long as I keep
Iceweasel as the last program to start I can work around it.

I am not planning on starting Gimp on i3 startup and it's not a show
stopper anyway.

Thanks again!

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