Got it, thanks!
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:33 AM, David Adam <zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014, charlie wrote:
> > Hi All, I've tried a couple ways and I can't get it to work, the first
> way
> > is always starting firefox
> >
> > function select_or_start_ffx
> > status = (wmctrl -a "Firefox")
> > if status == 0
> > firefox
> > end
> > end
> >
> > and for this version
> >
> > function select_or_start_ffx
> > wmctrl -a "Firefox"
> > if $status == 0
> > firefox
> > end
> > end
> >
> >
> > I get the error
> >
> > *Standard input: if $status == 0*
> > * ^*
> > *in function “*select_or_start_ffx*”,*
> > * called on standard input,*
> >
> > *No command '$status' found, did you mean*
> >
> > whats the proper way to do this ?
>
> The long way is:
>
> function select_or_start_ffx
> wmctrl -a "Firefox"
> if test $status -eq 0
> firefox
> end
> end
>
> You need to use the `test` builtin so that `if` has something to check
> the return value of. Alternatively, you can shorten it to:
>
> function select_or_start_ffx
> if wmctrl -a "Firefox"
> firefox
> end
> end
>
> Hope that helps. I think you might be getting mixed up with the return
> values from wmctrl - it returns 1 if the window doesn't exist, so try
> changing the test to `-ne 0` or `if not wmctrl...` respectively.
>
> David Adam
> zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
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Thanks!
Charlie
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