Re: [ALUG] Signal to switch GNOME "workspaces"

Hi, On 18 June 2010 09:47, Ted Harding <Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

I'm looking for a way to get an application (or script) to send a signal to the display manager such that the display would switch automatically switch from whatever "workspace" it is in to some other designated one (i.e. so that I don't have to use the keys -- it would be under program control).

DBus might help here. I'm not sure if GNOME / your windowmanager has a DBus interface for switching workspaces, but it might be worth having a look at the dbus explorer program to check what it can do. Then you can script it using, i think, dbus-send followed by the appropriate interface and command parameters. Srdjan