window-mover

README

window-mover

This utility will watch for x11 events and move any x11 window with a title containing a given string to the desired virtual desktop.

I use this for auto-restarting GUI apps per code change. It's annoying when your DE of choice decides that all new windows should open on the current desktop. Everytime you save a file, you get GUI apps popping up right in front of your working area.

The substring pattern matching is very naive and narrowly focused towards the precise usecase that I have: a set of windows with static titles that I control.

Install

go install git.sr.ht/~jackmordaunt/window-mover@latest

Usage

window-mover -title <window-title-substring> -desktop <n>