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Gwynplaine

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From: England.

Registered: 2014-11-11

Posts: 32

[SOLVED] Awesome WM autostart questions/how to find program "class"

Hi there,

Right so I'm using Awesome WM and want to auto start programs into specific tags.

This is the code I have, and everything is working as expected:

-- {{{
--Autostart Programs

awful.util.spawn_with_shell("chromium")
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("skype")
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("spotify")
...

-- }}} 


-- {{{ Rules
 awful.rules.rules = {
     -- All clients will match this rule.
     { rule = { },
       properties = { border_width = beautiful.border_width,
                      border_color = beautiful.border_normal,
                      focus = true,
                      keys = clientkeys,
                      buttons = clientbuttons } },
       { rule = { class = "Chromium" },
         properties = { tag = tags[1][6] } },
       { rule = { class = "Skype" },
         properties = { tag = [1][3]} },
       { rule = { class = "Spotify" },
          properties = { tag = [1][4] } },
...

-- }}}

So what I'm wondering is how do I find out what the class of programs for this section: "{ rule = { class = "  " },"?

I installed Arch on my chromebook and I've been using a lot of the programs such as Evernote and Trello. I have the chrome app drawer (http://www.omgchrome.com/enable-chrome- … her-linux/).

I created a shortcut and can auto launch programs such as evernote using the chrome app drawer using the command we can see from the desktop entry:

awful.util.spawn_with_shell("/usr/bin/chromium --profile-directory=Default --app-id=lbfehkoinhhcknnbdgnnmjhiladcgbol")

However, the issue is that it always opens on whatever tab I'm using. I cannot find the class to add to the rules.

None of these work:

{ rule = { class = "chrome-lbfehkoinhhcknnbdgnnmjhiladcgbol-Default.desktop" },
         properties = { tag = tags[1][6] } },

  { rule = { class = "Evernote Web" },
         properties = { tag = tags[1][6] } },

{ rule = { class = "/usr/bin/chromium --profile-directory=Default --app-id=lbfehkoinhhcknnbdgnnmjhiladcgbol" },
         properties = { tag = tags[1][6] } },

Any suggestions on what I can do to find the "class"?

Last edited by Gwynplaine (2014-11-14 00:24:01)

oliver

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Registered: 2007-12-12

Posts: 448

Re: [SOLVED] Awesome WM autostart questions/how to find program "class"

run 'xprop' in a terminal and your cursor will change to a cross.  Click anywhere on the app you want to identify and the class will be sent to the screen (along with a ton of other stuff)

It's in the xorg-xprop pkg

Last edited by oliver (2014-11-14 00:16:08)

Gwynplaine

Member

From: England.

Registered: 2014-11-11

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] Awesome WM autostart questions/how to find program "class"

That really helped, thank you.