[LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-28 Thread Christopher Arndt
(I'm not sure what is the best channel to discuss jalv.select development other than opening a Github issue right away. If this is not the right place, please direct to me to an appropriate mailing list.) Currently, if I have jalv.select already running, whether minimized or not, and try to run it

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-28 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 28.03.2016 um 15:00 schrieb Christopher Arndt: (I'm not sure what is the best channel to discuss jalv.select development other than opening a Github issue right away. If this is not the right place, please direct to me to an appropriate mailing list.) Currently, if I have jalv.select alread

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-30 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 28.03.2016 um 15:00 schrieb Christopher Arndt: What I would ideally like is that, if jalv.select is already running and you start another instance, the running instance opens its window (if minimized). That would require some kind of IPC, so I'm not sure, if this is something that's worth a

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-30 Thread Christopher Arndt
Hi Hermann, Am 30.03.2016 um 13:03 schrieb Hermann Meyer: > So I've added a named pipe to jalv.select, so that communication with > the app is possible. > Currently it understand "quit", "show" and "hide". that's great, thanks! Is that fifo always created in the working dir or is there a way to

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-30 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 30.03.2016 um 13:40 schrieb Christopher Arndt: Hi Hermann, Am 30.03.2016 um 13:03 schrieb Hermann Meyer: So I've added a named pipe to jalv.select, so that communication with the app is possible. Currently it understand "quit", "show" and "hide". that's great, thanks! Is that fifo always

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-30 Thread Christopher Arndt
Am 30.03.2016 um 18:53 schrieb Hermann Meyer: > I've set the fifo-path now to /tmp instead working dir, to ensure that > "all" instances use the same fifo and have access to it. Not that it's a very common usage scenario, but won't that preclude jalv.select being used by different users on the sam

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-30 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 30.03.2016 um 19:28 schrieb Christopher Arndt: Am 30.03.2016 um 18:53 schrieb Hermann Meyer: I've set the fifo-path now to /tmp instead working dir, to ensure that "all" instances use the same fifo and have access to it. Not that it's a very common usage scenario, but won't that preclude j

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-31 Thread Christopher Arndt
Am 31.03.2016 um 05:45 schrieb Hermann Meyer: > I like to have it in /tmp, because, for the case that jalv.select ended > unexpected, the fifo get deleted at lest when you shut down the machine. > In home, it may exist for ever, at least. Good point. You could append the UID to the fifo name. Ch

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-31 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 31.03.2016 um 09:51 schrieb Christopher Arndt: Am 31.03.2016 um 05:45 schrieb Hermann Meyer: I like to have it in /tmp, because, for the case that jalv.select ended unexpected, the fifo get deleted at lest when you shut down the machine. In home, it may exist for ever, at least. Good point

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-31 Thread Christopher Arndt
Am 31.03.2016 um 12:11 schrieb Hermann Meyer: > Am 31.03.2016 um 09:51 schrieb Christopher Arndt: >> You could append the UID to the fifo name. >> > Also a good point. done. Perfect. One more thing: Whereas, when I run the first instance, itsw window always opens horizontally centered on my deskt

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-31 Thread Hermann Meyer
Am 31.03.2016 um 13:19 schrieb Christopher Arndt: Am 31.03.2016 um 12:11 schrieb Hermann Meyer: Am 31.03.2016 um 09:51 schrieb Christopher Arndt: You could append the UID to the fifo name. Also a good point. done. Perfect. One more thing: Whereas, when I run the first instance, itsw windo

Re: [LAD] Opening jalv.select window from the command line (Was:jalv.select released V0.5)

2016-03-31 Thread Yassin Philip
And I guess it warrants a release, did I understand it right, you guys devised a command-line interface to jalv.select, right? Like I used jalv.select to lauch say, Sorcer, and now...? Please, can you give me one ore more use-cases? It sounds interesting. AND jalv.select actually never made the