wmctrl.py

   1 import os
   2 import re
   3
   4 BLACKLIST=[
   5 "KDE Desktop",
   6 "kicker"
   7 ]
   8
   9 reSimplify = re.compile("  +")
  10 def simplifySpaces(txt):
  11         return reSimplify.sub(" ", txt)
  12
  13
  14 def runWmCtrl(*args):
  15         cmd = ["wmctrl"]
  16         cmd.extend(args)
  17         sin, sout = os.popen2(cmd)
  18         sin.close()
  19         lines = [simplifySpaces(x.strip()) for x in sout.readlines()]
  20         return lines
  21
  22
  23 def getWindowList():
  24         """0x032000e1  0 cpc6128 Qt Designer"""
  25         lines = runWmCtrl("-l")
  26         lst = []
  27         for line in lines:
  28                 tokens = line.split(" ")
  29                 wid = tokens[0]
  30                 text = " ".join(tokens[3:])
  31                 if text not in BLACKLIST:
  32                         lst.append( (text, wid) )
  33         return lst
  34
  35
  36 def switchToWindow(wid):
  37         runWmCtrl("-ia", wid)