Re: shell scripting enhancements

Thanks to everyone for the information. I've been doing some reading based
on what you've told me. wmctrl is kind of what I was asking for, but it is
the functionality that Devil's Pie offers that inspired my question.

Specifically, it was the functionality offered by KDE that inspired me. I
just switched from KDE. It allows me to identify a window and give it
certain properties whenever it opens.

I'm not in a rush to make this happen, so I'm leaning toward developing
something myself. It may be for no other reason than as a learning
experience.

I have a lot of experience with Perl and I've skimmed through the CPAN page
for Gtk2::api, which basically tells me to read the C API documentation.

I've also been seeking inspiration to learn Python so that I can complete my
LAMPPP stack (the one in my head). It looks like gnome-python/PyGTK has a
lot of momentum and a strong community backing it up right now, so that
would make it easier.

Whatever I do, I'll be sure to give it away.

Choices:

- Use what's already there: Devil's Pie or wmctrl.
- Use Perl with Gtk2::api: Perl's my favorite language. If I
could/would specialize in one language, I this would be the one.
- Use Python, improve my OO habits, get that 3rd P under my belt,
improve my CV, make friends, influence people, etc...

References:
http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
Gtk2::api <http://search.cpan.org/%7Etsch/Gtk2-1.121/api.pod> [cpan.org]
http://www.pygtk.org/

Thank you,
Vince Aggrippino
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