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 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: How to switch Fluxbox (and other) WM windows with a remote |
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How to switch Fluxbox (and other) WM windows with a remote
Now that I've got it working, I think it's pretty neat and worth sharing - if only to see if anyone has a simpler way of doing it. I like watching TV from bed on my monitor, but sometimes I like to check up on the other things I have running, and don't want to have to go get my keyboard.
You will need:
- A remote (!)
- lirc configured and working (outside the scope of this document)
- An EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager (eg, fluxbox)
- wmctrl
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge x11-misc/wmctrl |
Once you've got all these things, it's pretty easy to set up, thanks to a little one-line script (I call it chwin) with the following:
| Code: | | wmctrl -s $[($(wmctrl -d | awk '/*/ { print $1; }')+$1)%4] |
Save it somewhere in your PATH and make it executable, then add the following to your .lircrc file:
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begin
prog = irexec
button = BUTTON_X
config = chwin +3
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = BUTTON_Y
config = chwin +1
end
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(Don't forget to replace BUTTON_X and BUTTON_Y with the actual names of the buttons you want to use.)
Then you just need to start irexec:
Now try it - it works for me!
Comments/suggestions/questions/etc welcome.
Edit 1: Changed -1 to +3 in .lircrc entry for switching to previous desktop, to make going from 1-4 possible. |
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