Re: Switching in and out of fullscreen dosemu session? - more re wmctrl

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

Rafe, I've figured out how to make one shortcut key do double duty, so
that it will switch to a program's window if the program is open or
launch the program if it isn't open. Examples:

sh -c '(wmctrl -a "XyWrite--Dosemu") || (xdosemu xy)'
is the Keyboard Shortcut "Command" that will switch to XyWrite if open,
otherwise it launches XyWrite;

sh -c '(wmctrl -a "pgl - File Browser") || (nautilus /home/pgl/)'
will switch to my home directory if it's open in Nautilus, otherwise it
will launch Nautilus with my home directory open;

and

sh -c '(wmctrl -a "Compose:") || (thunderbird -compose)'
will switch to a Thunderbird "compose mail" window if one is open,
otherwise it launches a "compose mail" window.
The Command string runs the shell ("sh"), which runs the command in
single quotes following "-c"; if the first command in parens fails, then
the second command is run. The same string also can be used as the
Command run by a Launcher, so the Home icon on my panel can also be a
hot button for finding an open Nautilus window. So far, all seems well.

Paul

Raphael Tennenbaum wrote:
> > If you install wmctrl, go to Keyboard shortcuts, then click the Add
> > button.
> > Give your shortcut a name, "Switch to Thunderbird", then specify the
> command
> >"wmctrl -a Thunderbird", then OK it and find it under the Custom
> Shortcuts
> > section and assign a key combo.
> swell, just what I had been seeking. & since I usually have two Xy
> windows running,
>
> $_X_title = "XXXXX"
>
> along with
>
> $_X_title_show_appname = (off)
> in the dosemu configuration file for each session works nicely to
> distinguish them. thanks, Paul.
>
> -rafe