Ok what would be a reliable way of doing this. On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 14:58 Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:06:36 +0300 Riza Dindir <riza.din...@gmail.com> > said: > > > I ended up giving that xterm a distinct title. Using "xterm -T > > <some-distinct-title>". Then with the xdotool could find its id "xdotool > > search -name <some-distinct-title>". > > very unreliable. title may be changed at any point before or after window > creation... you're asking for a race condition here. > > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 15:53:39 +0300 Riza Dindir <riza.din...@gmail.com> > > > said: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am starting xterm in my xinitrc. Is it possible to get the window > id of > > > > that xterm? > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > echo $WINDOWID > > > > > > (in the xterm itself). > > > > > > But I suspect this is not what you want... and no - there is no > reliable > > > way of > > > getting a window id from some app you ran - the window ID is runtime > > > assigned > > > and can be anything. An app can open multiple windows (and often > creates > > > invisible windows you never see and sub windows etc. > > > > > > A large number of apps will set a _NET_WM_PID property on the window > with > > > the > > > PID of the process that created the window - but not all. xterm does do > > > this. > > > Apps may set the WM_COMMAND property with the command that launched > them > > > (and > > > any arguments). WM_CLASS may provide some hints as to the app that > owns the > > > window. you might have to follow the breadcrumbs and look at the > window id > > > referenced by WM_CLIENT_LEADER to get some of these properties. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" > -------------- > > > Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com > >
