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Re: window grouping updates

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On 3/26/17, 1:28 PM, in article zhv03ba.y0b@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

... 
>>> All is fixed now.  Tested with all the apps that would not raise,
>>> and they now raise.
>>> 
>>> Having been unable to get xdotool's windowraise command to work with
>>> anything, I had substituted a click on the windows to raise them.
>> 
>> Oh no, GUI scripting! :)
> 
> IKR.  But technically most of it is GUI scripting anyway.

Yeah, but not direct clicking. Anyway, was clearly just teasing.

>>> I went back to using windowraise, but after a doing windowactivate first,
>>> and now it works.  After some reading online, it seems that metacity (of
>>> which my window manager, marco, is a fork) does not allow a XRaiseWindow()
>>> call unless the window is active.  Why the click solution only worked part
>>> of the time is a mystery I won't worry about.
>>> 
>>> The other thing is I found out that my solution to keeping the leader window
>>> on top was unnecessary, and I can just put a "wm attributes . -topmost 1" in
>>> the leader script.  The neat part though is that method
>>> 
>>> I had used for that is applicable to refocusing the leader window after the
>>> windowactivate/ windowraise calls on the grouped windows.  So no work
>>> wasted.
>>> 
>>> Current source:
>> 
>> Ah, my client shows that as an attachment. I will look through it (not that
>> I will understand much of it I am sure).
> 
> I'll put it at the bottom here raw.

Thanks but as long as I notice the attachment it is easy to download. :)

From there I extracted it and macOS did give me a bit of hassle even looking
at the code in my text editor... it recognized it as a program from an
unknown source and I had to approve it.

>> Have a video of the current state of it running?
> 
> https://vid.me/3osc
> Those are all apps that refused to obey my orders earlier.

Oddly would not play in my browser -- even with my ad blocker off.
Downloaded and watched. Looks great.

>> Also, without even opening
>> the attachment, any tips on getting it to work? Will it work for pretty much
>> any desktop Linux environment?
> 
> It should work on any X11 setup, assuming you have installed the dependencies
> I mentioned earlier (bash, tcl/tk, xdotool, xwininfo, etc.).

Ah, yes... you noted that before but I had forgotten. Will make sure I have
those. Thanks. Anything in the "etc" category I need to know about (I can
look at your old post or likely even the code to figure it out but if you
have a list handy that would be easier).

>> If so I will play with it myself (perhaps not
>> today... will be running in and out quite a bit).
...


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Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-24 14:58 +0000
  Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-24 10:48 -0500
    Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-24 18:40 +0000
      Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-24 11:55 -0700
        Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 01:03 +0000
          Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-24 18:15 -0700
            Re: window grouping updates Tampon <letsplayfindthestring@bloody.net> - 2017-03-25 02:57 +0000
      Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-24 14:07 -0500
        Re: window grouping updates Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 12:14 -0700
          Re: window grouping updates Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 12:24 -0700
        Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 01:01 +0000
          Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-24 20:26 -0500
            Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 02:15 +0000
            Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 03:59 +0000
              Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-24 21:28 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Tampon <letsplayfindthestring@bloody.net> - 2017-03-25 04:32 +0000
              Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-24 23:47 -0500
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 08:06 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 09:33 -0500
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 20:09 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-03-25 15:14 -0500
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 10:47 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-25 20:12 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 13:33 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-25 22:04 +0100
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 14:30 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-25 22:48 +0100
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 15:12 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-25 23:34 +0100
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-25 17:13 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 11:50 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-26 20:28 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 13:59 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-26 21:52 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 15:49 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-26 22:59 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 16:07 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-26 23:25 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Tampon <letsplayfindthestring@bloody.net> - 2017-03-26 23:35 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 16:38 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 16:43 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-26 19:16 -0700
                Re: window grouping updates owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-03-27 13:36 +0000
                Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-27 10:43 -0700
  Re: window grouping updates Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-24 10:38 -0700

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