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solamour
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 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:24 am Post subject: [Solved] How to mimic "Win+NUM" (Windows feat.) in |
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I still use Windows (7 and 8, to be specific), and one thing I somewhat miss is "Win + NUM" shortcut. Basically you pin your favorite programs to the taskbar, and when you press, say, "Win+1", the first pinned program shows up. If it's not already running, Windows starts the program and brings it to the front; if the program is already running, Windows just brings it to the front.
How do I perform the same task in either GNOME desktop or Fluxbox? What I have so far is to use "wmctrl -l -x" to list up currently running programs, look for a specific one based on program's name and window title. If it's already running, bring it to the front, and if not, start the program. Somewhat crude, but it works as long as the program's titles don't change. Well, they do change, and that's where it stops working.
Please share your suggestions. Thank you.
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nemectic
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| Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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If you're using win+num to launch the program, you could script it to get the PID when launched and store that in a variable, then the next time you press the key look if the PID is still alive, if not look for a program by the same name, else launch a new program.
Just a crude fix, but maybe a slight improvement until you figure something better? |
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solamour
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Saving PID on initial launch seems like to great suggestion, but it didn't work for me well, because even if I know the program is already running, in order to bring it in front of others, I need to use "wmctrl -i -a $win_id" where $win_id is the window ID (not PID) managed by the window manager. I have to look though the available windows anyway.
I ended up writing a script with a bunch of if/else statements. It's definitely not going to win any beauty contest, but it works for my purpose, so I'm going to keep it as is until I find something more elegant.
Thanks everyone for taking time to read and respond.
| Code: | myhotkey.sh
#!/bin/bash
prog=$1
full_path=$2
file=${full_path##*/} # Remove longest front.
win_id=0
IFS=$'\n' # Split based on newline, not space.
for line in $(wmctrl -l -x); do
# 0x00c00005 0 gnome-terminal.Gnome-terminal que solamour@gentoo: ~
# |--------| |------------| |------------| |--------------|
# win_id wm_class wm_extra wm_title
# |---------------------------|
# wm_class_full
#
wm_class_full=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}')
wm_class=${wm_class_full%.*} # Remove shortest back.
wm_extra=${wm_class_full##*.} # Remove longest front.
wm_title=$(echo $line | awk '{print $5}')
if [ "${wm_class,,}" = "$prog" ]; then
if [ "$wm_title" = "$file" -o \
"$wm_class" = 'nautilus' -o \
"$wm_class" = 'Eclipse' -o \
"$wm_class" = 'evince' -o \
"$wm_class" = 'gimp' ]; then
win_id=${line%%\ *} # Remove longest back.
break
fi
fi
done
if (($win_id)); then # Found in wmctrl.
wmctrl -i -a $win_id # Activate window.
else
if [ "$prog" = 'gnome-terminal' ]; then
gnome-terminal --geometry=80x32 &
elif [ "$prog" = 'firefox' ]; then
/usr/bin/firefox &
elif [ "$prog" = 'nautilus' ]; then
/usr/bin/nautilus &
elif [ "$prog" = 'eclipse' ]; then
~/eclipse/eclipse &
elif [ "$prog" = 'evince' ]; then
/usr/bin/evince &
elif [ "$prog" = 'gimp' ]; then
/usr/bin/gimp &
fi
fi
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| Code: | ~/.fluxbox/keys
Mod4 e :Exec myhotkey.sh nautilus
Mod4 f :Exec myhotkey.sh firefox
Mod4 6 :Exec myhotkey.sh gimp
Mod4 8 :Exec myhotkey.sh evince
Mod4 9 :Exec myhotkey.sh eclipse
etc...
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