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What can I do with the wmctrl command?
Only one action can be executed with the invocation of the wmctrl command. Switch to the desktop containing the window , raise the window, and give it focus. Add, remove, or toggle up to two window properties simultaneously. The window that is being modified must be identified with a -r action.
How to set the WM NAME in xdotool?
So the conclusion is: xdotool sets both _NET_WM_NAME and WN_NAME but only search by WM_NAME and wmctrl sets only _NET_WM_NAME. Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
What are the four values in wmctrl ( 1 )?
The four remaining values are a standard geometry specification: x,y is the position of the top left corner of the window, and w,h is the width and height of the window, with the exception that the value of -1 in any position is interpreted to mean that the current geometry value should not be modified.
How to create a quake term using wmctrl?
To create a basic Quake Term, you just need a single wmctrl command: The -r option tells wmctrl the window title on which to act, and the -b option tells wmctrl either to add, remove or toggle up to two different window properties (in this case, the shaded state of my window).
What are the values of the argument in wmctrl?
The argument actually takes five integer values in a row—g,x,y,w,h—where g is the gravity of the window (usually put 0 here), x and y are the x and y coordinates for the top-left corner of the window, and w and h are the width and height, respectively.
How to send key presses in X Windows?
Bash scripts for sending key presses to open applications in X Windows (GNOME, KDE, Unity, etc.). This can be useful for automating common tasks such as sending an F5 key press to a browser window to refresh the page. Uses Alan Donovan’s xsendkey.c ( http://people.csail.mit.edu/adonovan/hacks/xsendkey.html ).