Questions tagged [wmctrl]
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Consecutive identical wmctrl command resizes xfce4-terminal
I'm writing a tiling script that uses wmctrl to move windows. When using it on an xfce4-terminal instance, the second consecutive identical run resizes the window. Here is the important code:
#!/usr/bin/python3
import subprocess
import os
import…
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java and wmctrl to resize windows
I'm writing a library to cover WMctrl shell program. I have problem with resizing windows:
String command = "wmctrl -r \"Calculator\" -e 0,100,100,500,500";
System.out.println(command);
String output =…
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Ubuntu 22.04: Is it possible to get the directory of a specific nautilus window in a script?
I have tried to use this: Is it possible to get the directory of a specific nautilus window in a script?
I used
sudo apt install python3-nautilus
and then followed the suggestions in the previous post for building an extension:…
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Get Window Id from wymctrl
wmctrl -l gives me the following
0x00600003 0 arundeep-desktop takeScreenshot.py - GunzBossImageDetection - Visual Studio Code
0x0300001d 0 arundeep-desktop Obtain Active window using Python - Stack Overflow - Google Chrome
0x04400003 -1…
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Run gnome-terminal if it's not running
I'm trying to write a script which will check if gnome-terminal is already open, switch to it if it is, or open it if it doesn't.
# check if terminal is running
EXISTS=$(pgrep gnome-terminal)
# if exists is a number
if [[ $EXISTS =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]];…
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Tkinter doesn't associate a window with a pid
I'm using the wmctrl -lp to try and find the process id associated with a tkinter GUI window. However, it looks like the tkinter window is not associated with a pid.
0x06400010 0 0 N/A tk
Using xprop, it looks like the…
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how to get a complete command of X apps via 'wmctl' and 'ps'?
I'm working on a program that can query running X apps, save all the commands of running apps and them reopen them latter.
I encounter an issue. wmctctl can query the pid of Onlyoffice, for example the pid is 123. Then run ps -ef -q 123, I see that…
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After run firefox go to full screen but not kiosk mode
I would like to start Firefox automatically on startup, and then maximize the window. With the code below, I am currently able to start Firefox, however I cannot get past that.
#!/bin/bash
firefox &
while [ "$(wmctrl -l | grep \"Mozilla Firefox\"…
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How to write and run terminal command to be execute in java program
String str;
Process p;
try {
String command = "wmctrl -l|awk '{$1=\"\"; $2=\"\"; $3=\"\"; print}'";
p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
BufferedReader br = new…
Ankush
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