Re: Can the right-hand side monitor be primary and the one on left-hand side secondary?

Anthony Thyssen <a.thyssen-YlX7AVbyhojX/[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:37:16 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.openbox
Message-ID <CABOaSg2eoev1gLgp-4CNJvoxh--NhGd-1K8M93gFgbQJ2cfgvA@mail.gmail.com>
Update...

This is how I handle most of the application startups from my single X
session script...
No ".desktop" files, and allows user specified arguments...
More complex ones like web browsers are done separately...

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simple_app_start.sh (application/x-sh, 2 KB)
# Launch Applications Simply
# Example Script By Anthony Thyssen   2013
while read app; do
  app=`echo "$app" | sed 's/#.*//; s/^ *//; s/ *$//'`
  [ "X$app" = 'X' ] && continue    # just ignore empty/comment lines
  prog=`echo "$app" | sed 's/nice //; s/ .*//'`
  cmd_found "$prog" ||
      { echo "$0: \"$prog\" not found"; continue; }
  eval "( $app & ) &"
  sleep 0.5
done << 'EOF'
  # Simple Applications List (my "autostart" section)
  # But allowing you to specify arguments.

  # window manager
  openbox

  # panel: menu, launcher, dock, icon, desktop pager
  lxpanel               # Simple and easilly programmed
  #launch_gnome start   # Gnome -- this is going metro YUCK
  #xfce4-panel          # More advanced - but fails unexpectally on its own

  # Sound System - start earily for volumeicon
  /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog

  # Terminal Windows
  #xterm -ls -g $XTERMGEOM_L   # single left hand window
  xterm -ls -g $XTERMGEOM_1    # Dual left hand windows (top)
  xterm -ls -g $XTERMGEOM_2    # Dual left hand windows (bottom)
  xterm -ls -g $XTERMGEOM_R    # One Single right window

  # system Monitors
  gkrellm -g +1725+5      # system montitors (right side one first screen)
  nm-applet               # network manager GUI control
  parcellite              # no thrills clipboard app with notifier
  volumeicon              # a volumn control icon (may not work until later)

  #nice lavaps -geometry 130x280-5-125  # process top as a lava lamp
  #nice sunclock -icongeometry -10+510 -animateicon -iconic
  #nice bubblemon
  #nice xosview -geometry -5-125 -disk -ints -page
  #nice xload -g 125x77-3+330
  #nice xmeter -g -3-100 -w 121 -h 77 -update 5 $HOST

  # Other Applications
  easystroke           # Mouse Gestures
  psi                  # XMPP instant Message system (google)
  #skype               # voice/video chat system

  nice xscreensaver -no-splash   # screen saver screen lock
EOF