At 7:46 PM +0100 1/29/07, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: >David Kovalsky írta: >> Dario Lesca wrote: >> >>> Hi! ... from a gnome-terminal if I run "xterm &" the xterm is open on >>> current desktop; it's possible open it on another desktop? >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> >> `xterm -display $DISPLAY' >> >> could be what you are looking for >> > >That won't work. He asked about opening it on another >"virtual desktop" which is neither a "display" neither a >"screen" in the sense X uses them. >E.g.: "xterm -display :0.0" opens the xterm on the same >desktop. If you are running another X server and can >connect to it, you can do "xterm -display :1.0". >And if you have two monitors in non-Xinerama mode, >you can also do "xterm -display :0.1" But that doesn't >answer the original question. How can one open a window >on another (virtual) desktop, which is in the realm of the WM? Possibly the realm of Devil's Pie. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>