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I must display two different windows (different application) on a single X display/screen., with a small sticky window that display buttons to switch from one (virtual) screen to the other.
Although I thought this would be an easy task for a simple window manager like fvwm, I didn't get it to work.
I've tried fvwm in combination with the FvwmPager, but I keep getting problems to place the different windows in the different virtual desk or page (automatically).
e.g. if you do: xterm -title "Hello" and xterm -title "There", I want Hello to go to virtual screen 1 and There to go to virtual screen 2.
I've also tried using metacity and switching between workspaces.
Is there an example configuration available? I'm not fixed on a specific window manager.
All virtual desktop applications I have ever used have a section in the toolbar for each monitor. That control stays static from desktop to desktop and you can simply click the desktop of choice to bring up the contents of that desktop. Here is an example of FVWM, the control is in the bottom right corner of the screen: http://xwinman.org/screenshots/fvwm-wlug.jpg - there should be something like it that loads by default with the window manager.
– MaQleod – 2011-08-29T20:08:01.140@MaQleod: Yes, I've seen it, also on my own desktop. But I do not get it to work the way I want it (see my question). – Roalt – 2011-08-29T20:38:25.577
So to clarify, you want specific windows to open to one of the existing desktops each and every time you open it? Your questions doesn't make clear exactly what you've tried, exactly what is going wrong in each scenario and exactly what you want to have happen. – MaQleod – 2011-08-29T20:40:47.447
@MaQleod: I extended my question with an example. – Roalt – 2011-08-29T20:44:41.810