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#!/bin/bash
# Borrowed from:
# - http://bytefreaks.net/gnulinux/bash/howto-make-terminator-terminal-act-like-guake-terminal-in-fedora-20ubuntu-14-10
# The purpose of this script is to allow the user to toggle the visibility of
# (almost) any window. Please note it will work on the first match, so if there
# are multiple instances of an application it would be a random window of them
# the one to be affected.
# Only checks dependencies on request to keep toggling behavior as fast as
# possible.
if [ "$1" == "--install-deps" ]; then
# Checking that all dependencies are met, since we cannot proceed without
# them.
DEPENDENCIES=("xdotool" "wmctrl")
MANAGERS=("yum" "apt-get")
echo "Checking dependencies:"
for DEPENDENCY in ${DEPENDENCIES[@]}; do
if hash $DEPENDENCY 2>/dev/null; then
echo "- $DEPENDENCY: ok"
else
echo "- $DEPENDENCY: not found"
for MANAGER in ${MANAGERS[@]}; do
if hash $MANAGER 2>/dev/null; then
echo -n "$DEPENDENCY is missing, would you like to try and install " \
"it via $MANAGER now? [Y/N] (default is Y): "
read ANSWER
if [[ "$ANSWER" == "Y" || "$ANSWER" == "y" || "$ANSWER" == "" ]]; then
sudo "$MANAGER" install "$DEPENDENCY"
else
echo "Terminating"
exit -1
fi
fi
done
fi
done
exit 0
fi
if [ "$1" == "-a" ]; then
MOVE_TO="yes"
shift 1
fi
APP_NAME="$1"
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
APP_BIN="$2"
else
APP_BIN="$APP_NAME"
fi
if [ -n "$3" ]; then
WIN_NAME="$3"
else
WIN_NAME="$APP_NAME"
fi
# Checking if the application name provided by the user exists
if ! command -v "$APP_BIN" 2>/dev/null; then
echo -e "$APP_BIN does not seem to be a valid executable\nTerminating"
exit -2
fi
# Check if a process matching APP_NAME exists, and in the case of multiple
# processes (for example Slack), limit it to the first process which has a
# window who's title matches WIN_NAME.
PID=""
for pid in $(pgrep "$APP_NAME"); do
if xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --pid "$pid" --name "$WIN_NAME" &>/dev/null; then
PID="$pid"
break
fi
done
# If the application is not running, we will try to launch it.
if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
echo "$APP_NAME not running, launching it.."
"$APP_BIN"
else
# Since the application has a live instance, we can proceed with the rest of
# the code. We will get the PID of the application that is currently focused,
# if it is not the application we passed as parameter we will change the focus
# to that. In the other case, we will minimize the application.
echo -n "$APP_NAME instance found - "
FOCUSED="$(xdotool getactivewindow getwindowpid)"
if [[ "$PID" == "$FOCUSED" ]]; then
echo "It was focused so we are minimizing it"
# We minimize the active window which we know in this case that it is the
# application we passed as parameter.
xdotool getactivewindow windowminimize
else
echo "We are setting the focus on it"
# We set the focus to the application we passed as parameter. If it is
# minimized it will be raised as well.
if [ "$MOVE_TO" == "yes" ]; then
xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --pid "$PID" --name "$WIN_NAME" \
windowactivate
else
# This allows window name to be a regular expression
WIN_TITLE="$(xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --pid "$PID" --name "$WIN_NAME" getwindowname)"
wmctrl -R "$WIN_TITLE"
fi
fi
fi