Devil's Pie (software)
Encyclopedia
Devil's Pie is a window-matching utility that gives great control over the placement and properties over windows in the X Window System
. Although it manages windows, it is not a window manager
as it does not have any key bindings. It is usually used along with Metacity
, as that window manager lacks many features that can be provided by Devil's Pie. However, it can be used with any window manager.
. All scripts must end with the .ds filename extension
or they will not be recognized. When Devil's Pie senses that a new window has been created, it interprets each file in that directory ending with .ds.
application that creates and manages Devil's Pie rules. it is available along with Devil's Pie in many Linux distribution
s and X11 OS
s.
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
. Although it manages windows, it is not a window manager
Window manager
A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment...
as it does not have any key bindings. It is usually used along with Metacity
Metacity
Metacity was the window manager used by default in the GNOME desktop environment until GNOME 3, where it was replaced by Mutter. The development of Metacity was started by Havoc Pennington and it is released under the GNU General Public License....
, as that window manager lacks many features that can be provided by Devil's Pie. However, it can be used with any window manager.
Scripts
The default directory where Devil's Pie looks for scripts to run is the ".devilspie" directory in the user's home directoryHome directory
A Home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. The specifics of the home directory is defined by the operating system involved; for example, Windows systems between 2000 and 2003 keep home directories in a folder...
. All scripts must end with the .ds filename extension
Filename extension
A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to indicate the encoding of its contents or usage....
or they will not be recognized. When Devil's Pie senses that a new window has been created, it interprets each file in that directory ending with .ds.
gdevilspie
gdevilspie is a very simple and useful GTK+GTK+
GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
application that creates and manages Devil's Pie rules. it is available along with Devil's Pie in many Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
s and X11 OS
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s.