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Re: window grouping updates

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: window grouping updates
Date 2017-03-25 01:01 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <ab80zb.3hur@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> On 2017-03-24, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>> On 2017-03-24, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 3/23/17, 12:21 AM, in article ac93.g9pl2@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>> ... 
>>>>>> It uses a tempfile in /tmp and cleans up after itself.  Hitting the "Stop"
>>>>>> button exits cleanly, but if you just close the window instead, there will
>>>>>> probably be a "linkem" process hanging around that you'll need to kill,
>>>>>> as well as a /tmp/windowlist0xNNNNNNN text file.  This linkem process
>>>>>> will also keep the windows stuck together as a group until it is killed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You mean the tool you made based on a whim of mine is not perfect. You suck!
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> I found out that you can capture the "X" with the following and run the
>>>> "stop" function to clean up, so now no leftover processes or files if the
>>>> window is closed:
>>>>
>>>> wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW {
>>>>   stop
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> I've also noticed that the window position relative to the leader window
>>>> is offset, and I think that offset is the "Relative upper-left X" and
>>>> "Relative upper-left Y" properties.  I'll look into adjusting for that.
>>>    
>>> I've played with xmessage and it was offset by the upper left as well.
>>> Very likely you're correct. 
>>> 
>>
>> OK, that that solves those two problems.  Now there are two more
>> things I want to do.
>>
>> 1) Make leader window stay above others.
>>
>>    Problem:
>>    leader currently does not raise on either windowraise or
>>    click events.
> 
> No idea... 
> 
>> 2) When raising other windows, keep manually chosen stack order.
>>
>>    Problem:
>>    The way I populate the followerids array is sort|uniq the windowlist
>>    (to get around accidental clicks on windows that are already part
>>    of the group, when adding windows) and that causes the windowraise
>>    function to raise them based on the sorted order of the windowids,
>>    which have nothing to do with the desired manual stack order.
> 
> So maybe you need your own algo rather than using sort | uniq else you
> lose the original order. example:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> arry=( aa bb cc dd aa cc ee ff dd gg )
> new=()
> let count=0
> 
> for x in ${arry[@]} ; do
>         for y in ${new[@]} ; do
>                 if [ $x == $y ] ; then
>                         ((count++))
>                 fi
>         done
>         if [ $count -eq 0 ] ; then
>                 new+=($x)
>         else
>                 let count=0
>         fi
> done
> 
> echo "started with ${#arry[@]} elements."
> echo "only ${#new[@]} are unique."
> 
> ## END ##
> 

Nah, I just had a brain fart.  The windowlistNNN file just has the
original added order, so it doesn't matter that it gets resorted.
It has nothing to do with the current stack order.  xwininfo output has
updated stack order, so I just had to parse that against my window list.
So part 2 is fixed.

As far as raising the leader window, it seems like the best approach
is just to keep it on top, but both xprop and wmctrl approaches fail
in the script, while an identical wmctrl approach works fine from the
command line directly.  xprop on the other hand shows that the property
updates, but it seems to have no effect.  I'll keep futzing with it,
but it might be simpler just to right-click->Aways on top.

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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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