desktopen
A simple CLI util to open and position X windows.
Everytime a start a computer I had to manually open all my windows: terminal, text editor, browser -
then put them in proper viewports/displayes and position them. This is tedious work to be avoided.
Now I just use the following script made possible by desktopen:
A rather simple script that opens and places various X windows on different viewports and desktops for you.
# Chats and email
desktopen "google-chrome --new-window https://gmail.com" -v 1 --fullscreen
desktopen "google-chrome --new-window https://web.telegram.org" -v 1 -d 2 -x 447 -y 50 -w 1569 -h 1256
# Corporate chats and issue tracking
desktopen "google-chrome --new-window https://workflowy.com" -v 2 -d 1 -x 3 -y 10 -w 1238 -h 1336
desktopen "google-chrome --new-window https://mycompany.slack.com/messages/general/" -v 2 -d 1 -x 1269 -y 10 -w 1247 -h 1348
desktopen "google-chrome --new-window https://mycompany.atlassian.net/issues/" -v 2 -d 2 -x 3 -y 10 -w 1238 -h 1336
# Coding
desktopen 'terminator -m -l "project 1"' -v 6 -d 2 --fullscreen
desktopen 'gvim -c "cd ~/Work/project-1"' -v 6 -d 1 --fullscreen
desktopen 'terminator -m -l "project 2"' -v 6 -d 2 --fullscreen
desktopen 'gvim -c "cd ~/Work/project-2"' -v 6 -d 1 --fullscreen
To get a detailed breadkdown of all CLI options, just type desktopen --help once you installed it.
Installation
gem install dekstopen
Known issues
- It currently only supports up to 2 displays. Ideally, I'd want it to work with more than 2 monitors, but because I have 2, I didn't bother to properly adjust the script.