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          May 25, 2011 17:16 
        
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    setting spaces for specific apps on my workstation
  
        
  
    
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  | { | |
| "id": "workstation" | |
| "space_bindings": { | |
| "com.adiumx.adiumx": 4, | |
| "com.apple.itunes": 3, | |
| "com.googlecode.iterm2": 2, | |
| "com.skype.skype": 4, | |
| "com.sparrowmailapp.sparrow": 4, | |
| "macirssi": 4, | |
| "org.gnu.emacs": 2, | |
| "ws.agile.1password": 65544 | |
| } | |
| } | 
  
    
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  | wk = data_bag_item("apps", "workstation") | |
| wk['space_bindings'].each do |app, space| | |
| execute "Assign #{app} to space #{space}" do | |
| command "defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-app-bindings -dict-add #{app} #{space}" | |
| not_if "defaults read com.apple.dock workspaces-app-bindings 2>&1 | grep -xq '.*#{app}.*#{space};'" | |
| notifies :run, "execute[killall Dock]" | |
| end | |
| end | 
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I use Mac OS X's Spaces. I have 4 spaces total, and set specific applications on specific spaces using this JSON (data bag item) and recipe.