Check active window in Linux

[asymmetric]

• Uses xprop to check that the active window is not a terminal
• Uses an array of terminals (currently tmux, iTerm)

Depends on: #7. Closes: #8.

[asymmetric]

@aristidesfl it is, you can get it via homebrew for example.

On the other hand, iTerm definitely isn't a Linux application, but I decided to keep things simple and only use one string to match against, instead of platform-specific ones, as there are no negative consequences in doing so IMO.

But to answer your question, no, I didn't test this on macOS.

[franciscolourenco]

tmux is a command line application. not macOS application. does the linux terminal you are using get renamed to tmux in xprops when you are using it, instead of its original name?

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@aristidesfl it is, you can get it via homebrew for example.

On the other hand, iTerm definitely isn't a Linux application, but I decided to keep things simple and only use one string to match against, instead of platform-specific ones, as there are no negative consequences in doing so IMO.

But to answer your question, no, I didn't test this on macOS.

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[franciscolourenco]

@asymmetric is this terminal detection working on linux for you?

[asymmetric]

@aristidesfl yes, it is. I tested termite and Gnome Terminal on i3, and they both set the window name to a string containing "tmux", so they both work.

[asymmetric]

So obviously this only works when people are using tmux, which leaves plenty of space for improvement. But the OSX detection of iTerm functions along the same set of assumptions, so I thought it was fine.

[franciscolourenco]

so is it not possible to get the terminal application name with xprops on linux?

On 22 Nov 2016, at 15:30, Lorenzo Manacorda notifications@github.com wrote:

@aristidesfl yes, it is. I tested termite and Gnome Terminal on i3, and they both set the window name to a string containing "tmux", so they both work.

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[asymmetric]

I don't get the question. I am using xprop to get the window name. What am I missing? :confused:

[asymmetric]

Ooh, I get it now, sorry! I'll try playing around with xprop and see if I can get the application name :+1:

[asymmetric]

Tested on termite and gnome-terminal.

[franciscolourenco]

Cool. The window name could actually be useful. if you can set the window name form the terminal, then would could see if you are in the right window or not, even if you are still using the terminal.

Did you test the applescript with the array?

[asymmetric]

Nope, I don't have a macOS machine, sorry.

[x4121]

I guess there is still some errors

set active_application ...
if echo $active_window ...

This doesn't really make sense

[jorgebucaran]

@asymmetric Ping pong.

[franciscolourenco]

@asymmetric why did you switch from detecting windows to detecting applications?

[franciscolourenco]

Since there are questions about the code and no answers for a while, I'm closing this. The functionality has been implemented in https://github.com/fisherman/done/releases/tag/0.5.0 Thank you for the contribution.