not a terrible idea, has some good points, but gui apps don't cd in a way that can be hooked, and usually i get around to popping a terminal window after i'm working on a project rather than before. (also, cd isn't so easy to script, I'd have to use a bash function, but i'd probs have to make a up new name to get used to, cdproj or something, otherwise any "headless" scripts would be do it too

And I frequently jump from desktop to desktop for multiple projects, and my terminal on that desktop is likely to already be where I want to be. Do gui apps reliably reload xdg all the time, or only at startup?

anyway, keeping it in mind, it might just be worth the trouble to click a scripted icon on each desktop :)