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devilspie2(1) General Commands Manual devilspie2(1)

NAME

Devilspie2 - perform scripted actions on windows as they are created

Description

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/README.

Options

Displays the version of Devilspie2.
Sets the folder where the Lua scripts are loaded from.
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.
Emulation mode. This prevents windows from being affected by the scripts, but window positions etc. can still be read.
Show the version of libwnck in use. (Only available on GTK3 or later.)

Script Commands

of the commands recognized by the Lua script.

Author

Devilspie2 was written by Andreas Rönnquist <andreas@ronnquist.net>, and is based on Devilspie by Ross Burton.