devilspie2 (1)

Devilspie2 is a program that detects windows as they are created, and performs scripted actions on them. The scripts are written in LUA, allowing a great deal of customisation.

More details in /usr/share/doc/devilspie2.

--version

Displays the version of Devilspie2.

--folder folder

Sets the folder where the LUA scripts are loaded from.

--debug

Shows debug information from the LUA scripts. If debug_print is used in the LUA scripts, that output will only be printed to stdout if this option is used.

--emulate

Emulate script behaviour. Using this option only emulates a scripts behaviour, and doesn't affect the windows that the scripts otherwise would modify.

--wnck-version

Show version of the libwnck used. (Only availible on GTK3 or later)

See the README or the manual linked from the homepage for a detailed description

of the commands recognized by the LUA script.

Devilspie2 was written by Andreas Rönnquist <[email protected]>, and is based on Devilspie by Ross Burton.