Can I make my window (session?) manager remember what workspace to place a window in?

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I use Gnome on a RHEL system. When I launch a new program, the window manager (?) seems to make an effort to remember the size and position of the window when I last used it. However, I don't know how I can get it to remember what workspace it was last on.

Actually, bonus question: ideally, I'd like to be able to have a single program (in my case, Firefox) launch with different windows on different workspaces. They're set up this way when I log off, and I'd like them to come back the same way the following day when I log back in.

What Window Manager are you using? Metacity? Compiz? Unity? Something else? — frabjous, Aug 09 '11 at 17:07
Haven't used Lion. And I think I may be too much of a Linux-newb to answer the window manager question. GDM I think? `gdm-binary` shows up in `ps`. — Coderer, Aug 09 '11 at 23:00
the term you are searching for is 'session-manager' (not so much 'window manager') — akira, Aug 10 '11 at 06:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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This previous question seems to provide a solution: you can use Devil's Pie to programmatically move your app windows to the correct workspaces based on certain properties (program name, window title, etc.)

If you want a fully dynamic behavior, you can probably run a script at logout time that records which program is on which workspace, but having not used Devil's Pie myself I'm not sure how much work that'd be.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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answered Aug 12 '11 at 19:09

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I'm going to take this as "you can't do this natively" and assume that if I cared enough to do so, I could use the program you suggest. Thanks! – Coderer May 21 '12 at 15:18

Can I make my window (session?) manager remember what workspace to place a window in?

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