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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>i3 FAQ - Individual question feed</title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/</link><description>Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window manager</description><atom:link href="http://faq.i3wm.org/feeds/question/2489/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright i3, 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:14:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Automatically starting applications on i3 startup</title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2489/automatically-starting-applications-on-i3-startup/</link><description>Hello,

i'm trying to configure my workplace on startup. i want to have runned on startup 21 applications on 8 wokspaces and 2 displays and have following configuration on .i3/config:

    workspace 1 output VGA-0
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 1;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal'
    
    workspace 2 output VGA-0
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 2;exec firefox;exec firefox'
    
    workspace 3 output VGA-0
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 3;exec pcmanfm;exec pcmanfm;exec pcmanfm'
    
    workspace 4 output VGA-0
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 4;exec thunderbird'
    
    workspace 5 output DVI-I-1
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 5;exec sl'
    
    workspace 6 output DVI-I-1
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 6;exec sl;exec sl'
    
    workspace 7 output DVI-I-1
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 7;exec firefox'
    
    workspace 8 output DVI-I-1
    exec i3-msg 'workspace 8;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal'

but all what i have is 8 workspaces and all applications runned on workspace-8 or 1 or elsewhere)

How I do get it?

Please help) Thank you.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:39:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2489/automatically-starting-applications-on-i3-startup/</guid></item><item><title>Comment by Michael for &lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i'm trying to configure my workplace on startup. i want to have runned on startup 21 applications on 8 wokspaces and 2 displays and have following configuration on .i3/config:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;workspace 1 output VGA-0
exec i3-msg 'workspace 1;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal'

workspace 2 output VGA-0
exec i3-msg 'workspace 2;exec firefox;exec firefox'

workspace 3 output VGA-0
exec i3-msg 'workspace 3;exec pcmanfm;exec pcmanfm;exec pcmanfm'

workspace 4 output VGA-0
exec i3-msg 'workspace 4;exec thunderbird'

workspace 5 output DVI-I-1
exec i3-msg 'workspace 5;exec sl'

workspace 6 output DVI-I-1
exec i3-msg 'workspace 6;exec sl;exec sl'

workspace 7 output DVI-I-1
exec i3-msg 'workspace 7;exec firefox'

workspace 8 output DVI-I-1
exec i3-msg 'workspace 8;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal;exec i3-sensible-terminal'
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;but all what i have is 8 workspaces and all applications runned on workspace-8 or 1 or elsewhere)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How I do get it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please help) Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
</title><link>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2489/automatically-starting-applications-on-i3-startup/?comment=2502#comment-2502</link><description>Duplicate of https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2297/launch-2-terminals-browser-same-workspace/ (and other similar questions)</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:14:30 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2489/automatically-starting-applications-on-i3-startup/?comment=2502#comment-2502</guid></item></channel></rss>