yup.
-wes
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> You mean sudo -u household wmctrl...?
>
> -Denis
>
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:39 PM, wes <p...@the-wes.com> wrote:
>
> > try sudo wmctrl, the same way you're doing sudo zenity.
> >
> > -wes
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Denis Heidtmann <
> denis.heidtm...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have a script which runs daily via anacron. I want the script to
> > launch
> > > a zenity window to notify the user, so I issue the command wmctrl -k on
> > > before zenity and wmctrl - off after. This is supposed to minimize
> all
> > > open windows to ensure that the zenity window will be visible. I
> have a
> > > test script to show that it works. Both scripts are owned by root, but
> > > editable by me. I have run the test script from a command line login
> > > using sudo, as well as from a Gnome terminal. The test script behaves
> as
> > > intended--the desktop is cleared of all open windows. I inserted a
> test
> > > zenity window at the beginning of the real script to verity that when
> > > launched by anacron it would behave the same way. It does not! It
> does
> > > not minimize open windows, but the zenity window does appear on top of
> > the
> > > open windows.
> > >
> > > What is different about the anacron launch? I have been monkeying with
> > > this thing for quite a while. I tried wmctrl -R but that did not
> behave
> > as
> > > I had hoped. wmctrl -k does what I want except when anacron is doing
> the
> > > launching.
> > >
> > > Ideas?
> > >
> > > -Denis
> > >
> > > Test script:
> > >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > # test to get zenity to work when script is not called from an X window
> > > # change to a non-X login (^ alt F2), call this w/sudo, then go back
> to X
> > > (^ alt F7)
> > > # to see if a zenity window shows up.
> > > # feb 5 2018 the above worked--all open windows minimized.
> > >
> > >
> > > Notification () {
> > > # pass title, text of notice, and timeout as 3 parameters
> > > TITLE=$1; MSG=$2; TIMOUT=$3
> > > wmctrl -k on
> > > sudo -u household zenity --question --title="$TITLE" --text="$MSG"
> > > --timeout="$TIMOUT"
> > > RETRNCODE=$?
> > > wmctrl -k off
> > > return $RETRNCODE # return codes: 0 = YES, 1 = cancel, 5 = timeout
> > > }
> > >
> > > sleep 30
> > >
> > > export DISPLAY=:0
> > > # test of launch of zenity
> > > Notification "Test of zenity (backup_checksh)" "This should minimize
> all
> > > open windows." 20
> > > # remove when satisfied that launch works.
> > >
> > > Top of real script:
> > >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > >
> > > Notification () {
> > > # pass title, text of notice, and timeout as 3 parameters
> > > TITLE=$1; MSG=$2; TIMOUT=$3
> > > wmctrl -k on
> > > sudo -u household zenity --question --title="$TITLE" --text="$MSG"
> > > --timeout="$TIMOUT"
> > > RETRNCODE=$?
> > > wmctrl -k off
> > > return $RETRNCODE # return codes: 0 = YES, 1 = cancel, 5 = timeout
> > > }
> > > export DISPLAY=:0
> > > # test of launch of zenity
> > > Notification "Test of zenity (backup_checksh)" "This should minimize
> all
> > > open windows." 5
> > > # remove when satisfied that launch works.
> > > MAX_TIME=$((7 * 24 * 3600))
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