May27

ICEWM and having 2 python programs start in different desktops solved.

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I’ve been fighting a problem for a while. I use IceWM as my window manager. One feature I like is that I can open a window in a specific desktop. I have desktops named “NAV”, “Music”,”Weather” and I wanted to open a specific program in each one. My problem is that two of the applications are written in python so if I specify python as the application then both applications will start in the same desktop. My work around is to make a symlink to python called musicpython and weatherpython. Doing this and adding #!/usr/bin/musicpython at the beinging of my music program and #!/usr/bin/weatherpython at the beginning of the weather program allowed me to start them in their respective desktops.

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