On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:43:47 -0800, Schlaegel <777tahder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Peter Arremann wrote: > > >Do you have the feeling of deja-vu? > >It's been a while that this topic came up but basicly metacity (the gnome > >window manager by default) requires apps to have working session management. > >Allowing the app to mess around with that by starting apps on specific > >desktops has been decided to be a bad idea (something many people disagree > >with) and stuff that used to work with fvwm (-xrm "*Desk: 1" and the like) or > >window binding ala sawfish have never been implemented. > >See the discussion here: > >https://listman.redhat.com/archives/limbo-list/2002-July/msg00171.html > > > > > I see that this is an old problem; I wasn't around these lists back in > 2002. In the thread you mentioned, Havoc said that the spec has been > around since 1994 and it only "takes a day or two to implement". Is > everything still in the same state that it was in 2002? It is hard for > me to believe that Red Hat has not had the expertise, desire, and time > to devote a day or two to get OpenOffice.org and Firefox session aware. file bugs in bugzilla.redhat.com -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram