Re: Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Michael Spencer
On 01/18/2013 01:07 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:32:16AM -0600, Michael Spencer wrote: >> Okay, that makes sense. What I'm trying to do is identify the package >> and then access the Launchpad entry for the package. But for example, >> Libreoffice seems to lump all the libre

Re: Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:32:16AM -0600, Michael Spencer wrote: > Okay, that makes sense. What I'm trying to do is identify the package > and then access the Launchpad entry for the package. But for example, > Libreoffice seems to lump all the libreoffice packages into one > Launchpad entry, https

Re: Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Michael Spencer
On 01/18/2013 10:54 AM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Michael Spencer [2013-01-18 10:39 -0600]: >> What is the best way to discover the package a program is in by clicking >> on an open window? >> >> So far I've been using xprop to get the PID of the window, reading where >> /proc//exe points too, and then

Re: Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Martin Pitt
Michael Spencer [2013-01-18 10:39 -0600]: > What is the best way to discover the package a program is in by clicking > on an open window? > > So far I've been using xprop to get the PID of the window, reading where > /proc//exe points too, and then running apt-file search on that. That's by and l

Re: Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Jonathan Lange
On 18 January 2013 16:39, Michael Spencer wrote: > What is the best way to discover the package a program is in by clicking > on an open window? > > So far I've been using xprop to get the PID of the window, reading where > /proc//exe points too, and then running apt-file search on that. > > Howev

Discovering the package of an open window

2013-01-18 Thread Michael Spencer
What is the best way to discover the package a program is in by clicking on an open window? So far I've been using xprop to get the PID of the window, reading where /proc//exe points too, and then running apt-file search on that. However, for some programs, like LibreOffice Writer, I get libreoff