startup.sh

#!/bin/zsh
# Noodling around with window auto-setup
# http://movingtofreedom.org/2010/08/10/arranging-windows-from-the-gnulinux-command-line-with-wmctrl/

left_monitor="0"
middle_monitor="1300"
right_monitor="3201"

get_window_id() {
  return $(wmctrl -l | grep "$1" | tail -1 | cut -f1 -d" ")
}

makeBig() {
  sleep 1
  local wid = get_window_id
  wmctrl -i -r "$wid" -e 0,$2,0,1000,1000
  sleep 1
  wmctrl -i -r "$wid" -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
}

_echo() {
  local id=$1
  echo $id
}

terminator &
subl &
google-chrome &
plaidchat &

sleep 1
_echo 'hallo' $left_monitor

makeBig 'somekittens@' $left_monitor
makeBig 'Sublime Text' $middle_monitor
makeBig 'Google Chrome' $right_monitor
makeBig 'plaidchat' $right_monitor