devilspie-ext-tool

Reference

• /usr/share/doc/devilspie/README
• $ man devilspie
• https://github.com/GNOME/devilspie/blob/master/src/e-sexp.c
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/436891/create-a-desktop-file-that-opens-and-execute-a-command-in-a-terminal

How to install

run

$ make install

or

$ ./install.sh

How to remove

run

$ make remove

or

$ ./remove.sh

install file list

/usr/local/bin/devilspie-win-info
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-win-info.sh
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-win-info.ds

/usr/local/bin/devilspie-win-list
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-win-list.sh
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-win-list.ds

/usr/local/bin/devilspie-debug-info
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-debug-info.sh
/usr/local/share/devilspie-ext-tool/devilspie-debug-info.ds

Command

• devilspie-win-info
• devilspie-win-list
• devilspie-debug-info

How to test [devilspie-win-info]

list window info

run

$ devilspie-win-info

grep window info

example: gnome-terminal

run

$ devilspie-win-info | grep '^application_name: Terminal' -A 5

show

application_name: Terminal
window_name: Terminal
window_class: Gnome-terminal
window_xid: 60817896
window_role: gnome-terminal-window-2e7dac2f-025a-4842-8dfc-6d6e25a619df
window_workspace: 1
--
application_name: Terminal
window_name: Terminal
window_class: Gnome-terminal
window_xid: 60817418
window_role: gnome-terminal-window-c902ad02-e16c-41f9-8699-4860bd076ea0
window_workspace: 1

example: kmag

run

$ devilspie-win-info | grep '^window_class: kmag' -A 3 -B 2

show

application_name: KMagnifier
window_name: KMagnifier
window_class: kmag
window_xid: 77594629
window_role: MainWindow#1
window_workspace: 1
--
application_name: KMagnifier
window_name: KMagnifier
window_class: kmag
window_xid: 75497477
window_role: MainWindow#1
window_workspace: 1

example: xzoom

run

$ devilspie-win-info | grep '^window_name: xzoom' -A 3 -B 2

show

application_name: xzoom x2
window_name: xzoom x2
window_class:
window_xid: 75497473
window_role:
--
application_name: xzoom x3
window_name: xzoom x3
window_class:
window_xid: 77594625
window_role:

example: grep gnome-terminal window id

run

$ devilspie-win-info | grep '^application_name: Terminal' -A 5 | grep '^window_xid:' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

60817896
60817418

How to test [devilspie-win-list]

list window info

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal'

show

window_xid: 85991850;   window_workspace: 1;   window_class: Gnome-terminal;   window_role: gnome-terminal-window-2bd9eb58-c4cb-4554-a145-aed5ead9c55b;   application_name: Terminal;   window_name: Terminal;   
window_xid: 85983242;   window_workspace: 1;   window_class: Gnome-terminal;   window_role: gnome-terminal-window-9dd5b0de-e561-4011-9fa2-d841ca36d585;   application_name: Terminal;   window_name: Terminal;

grep window info

window_xid

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $1}'

show

window_xid: 85991850
window_xid: 85983242

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $1}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

85991850
85983242

window_workspace

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $2}'

show

window_workspace: 1
window_workspace: 1

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $2}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

1
1

window_class

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $3}'

show

window_class: Gnome-terminal
window_class: Gnome-terminal

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $3}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

Gnome-terminal
Gnome-terminal

window_role

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $4}'

show

window_role: gnome-terminal-window-2bd9eb58-c4cb-4554-a145-aed5ead9c55b
window_role: gnome-terminal-window-9dd5b0de-e561-4011-9fa2-d841ca36d585

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $4}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

gnome-terminal-window-2bd9eb58-c4cb-4554-a145-aed5ead9c55b
gnome-terminal-window-9dd5b0de-e561-4011-9fa2-d841ca36d585

application_name

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $5}'

show

application_name: Terminal
application_name: Terminal

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $5}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

Terminal
Terminal

window_name

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $6}'

show

window_name: Terminal
window_name: Terminal

run

$ devilspie-win-list | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F ';   ' '{print $6}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

Terminal
Terminal

How to test [devilspie-debug-info]

list window info

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal'

show

Window Title: 'Terminal'; Application Name: 'Terminal'; Class: 'Gnome-terminal'; Geometry: 1680x1018+0+32
Window Title: 'Terminal'; Application Name: 'Terminal'; Class: 'Gnome-terminal'; Geometry: 901x593+0+457

grep window info

Window Title

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $1}'

show

Window Title: 'Terminal'
Window Title: 'Terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $1}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

'Terminal'
'Terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $1}' | awk -F ': ' '{print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2)}'

show

Terminal
Terminal

Application Name

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $2}'

show

Application Name: 'Terminal'
Application Name: 'Terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $2}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

'Terminal'
'Terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $2}' | awk -F ': ' '{print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2)}'

show

Terminal
Terminal

Class

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $3}'

show

Class: 'Gnome-terminal'
Class: 'Gnome-terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $3}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

'Gnome-terminal'
'Gnome-terminal'

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $3}' | awk -F ': ' '{print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2)}'

show

Gnome-terminal
Gnome-terminal

window_role

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $4}'

show

Geometry: 1680x1018+0+32
Geometry: 901x593+0+457

run

$ devilspie-debug-info | grep -i 'gnome-terminal' | awk -F '; ' '{print $4}' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'

show

1680x1018+0+32
901x593+0+457