Desktend - add/remove virtual desktops automatically

Hello everyone,
I created a small utility to dinamically create and destroy virtual desktops (also known as workspaces).
The tool will always create one empty desktop for your. If you put a window on it, the tool will create a new one and the empty desktops will be removed.
The minimum and maximum number of desktops are hardcoded but you can easly change them by editing the source file.
I created it for my openbox desktop but it should work with any EWMH window manager.
Any feedback is welcome. Have fun.
source & readme: https://github.com/ijanos/desktend
AUR packge: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51559

oliver wrote:nice! works perfectly with my openbox/tint2 setup. Thanks for creating/posting
You don't need that script in openbox. Openbox is capable of that natively. This is my config:
<keybind key="W-d">
<action name="AddDesktopLast"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-r">
<action name="RemoveDesktopLast"/>
</keybind>
Check here for more info: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#AddDesktop

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