2014-05-12 23:00 GMT+02:00 Diego Fernandez <aiguo.fernan...@gmail.com>:
> Hmm, so I'd have to listen for the 'unmanaged' signal for every single
> window and keep track of that? seems like it'll add a bit of complexity but
> I guess I can manage.
>
> For the 'window-added' and 'window-removed' signals in MetaWorkspace, do
> those behave like 'window-left-monitor' and 'window-entered-monitor' in
> MetaScreen? i.e. if a window leaves one workspace and goes to another will
> that be a 'window-removed' and a 'window-added' event?

Yes, but you also need to keep the list of workspaces as they're added
and removed.
You can check the code in js/ui/workspace.js or
js/ui/workspaceThumbnails.js that deals with window-added/removed on a
single workspace, and js/ui/workspacesView.js for keeping the
workspace list up to date.

Giovanni

>
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Giovanni Campagna
> <scampa.giova...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2014-05-12 22:42 GMT+02:00 Diego Fernandez <aiguo.fernan...@gmail.com>:
>> > Hey all, I'm currently messing around with making my first extension
>> > https://github.com/aiguofer/return-to-monitor.  The idea is to be able
>> > to
>> > return windows to their original monitor if you plug a monitor back in.
>> >
>> > Right now I have the extension mostly working.  I keep track of all open
>> > windows and update the list only when more than one montior exists and
>> > on
>> > any 'window-left-monitor' and 'window-created' events.
>> >
>> > The problem I'm having is the case when a saved window gets closed while
>> > in
>> > a single monitor setup.  If that happens, shell breaks when I try to
>> > return
>> > the windows after plugging a monitor back in.  I need to be able to
>> > listen
>> > for any window-close event to remove the window from the list... is
>> > there an
>> > easy way of doing this?
>> >
>> > I noticed that 'window-left-monitor' catches windows closing, but it
>> > seems
>> > hard to check what caused the signal.
>>
>> You can use the 'unmanaged' signal on the window, if you're careful
>> and not call anything at that point - only the identity of the object
>> is valid.
>> Alternatively, MetaWorkspace has window-added and window-removed signals.
>>
>> Giovanni
>
>
>
>
> --
> Diego Fernandez - 爱国
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