On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 19:57, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Try the pgrep (process grep) command for your first bit. =:^) >
Thanks. > But for window manipulation... as it happens I just needed such a thing > and thus have the perfect app for you! wmctrl ! It handles... switching > to the appropriate desktop, activating, moving/resizing, maximizing X/Y/ > both, closing... more. And since it operates with window titles or > windowclasses (you can use kwin's window rules click-to-autodetect feature > to find this), you shouldn't even need the pgrep step. =:^) > Yes! > Both the above have manpages... and while the wmctrl manpage suggests > zenity, a gnome dialog scripting app, for adding more interactivity > (wouldn't be needed for your current use, but...), the kde alternative for > that is of course kdialog, which I've used myself. kdialog is a bit > quirky (reminds me of the MS Windows 2 era), resulting in several > successive single-purpose popup windows instead of the more typical multi- > purpose dialog window, but it does get the job done, allowing you to > present a UI with which to select or type things in, if that's needed. > > Thanks, I will head on over to the fine manuals that you mention. Have a great week! And I see that you are feeling better! The whole message fit on a page! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
