Re: grab focus

2008-12-05 Thread Erez D
The problem is now solved. i use xlsclients -l to know the windowid and xwit to focus. thanks to you all. erez. On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:18:24AM +0200, Erez D wrote: >> >> >>> hi >>> >>> >>>

Re: grab focus

2008-12-02 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:18:24AM +0200, Erez D wrote: hi i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. i am running two apps with *no window manager*, and i want to be able to switch focus between the two by command line aptitude install xdo

Re: grab focus

2008-12-02 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:18:24AM +0200, Erez D wrote: > hi > > > i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. > i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to > switch focus between the two by command line aptitude install xdotool http://www.semico

Re: Roll your own Window Manager (was: Re: Re: grab focus)

2008-12-02 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 08:43:39AM +0200, Omer Zak wrote: > I googled for the above and came up with: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmonad - a tiling window manager for > X-Window, written in Haskell. Makes it possible to manage windows > without using a mouse. > > http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/

Re: grab focus

2008-12-02 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Omer Zak wrote: At impulse, I downloaded and compiled it. The 'Usage:' path works for me. >From usability point of view, the documentation (and maybe the application itself) Patches welcome. It was a focused effort, oh, maybe half an hour long. Most of that time was spent searching for the na

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 08:56:55AM +0200, Omer Zak wrote: > > I quickly wrote something. > > > > http://www.lingnu.com/files/xfocus-0.01.tar.gz > > > > Let me know if this works for you. > > At impulse, I downloaded and compiled it. The 'Usage:' path works for > me. > > >From usability point o

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Omer Zak
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 08:27 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Erez D wrote: > > hi > > > > > > i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. > > i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to > > switch focus between the two by command line > > > > > > > >

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:18:24AM +0200, Erez D wrote: > hi > > > i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. > i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to > switch focus between the two by command line xwit Not sure it will work well without a

Roll your own Window Manager (was: Re: Re: grab focus)

2008-12-01 Thread Omer Zak
I googled for the above and came up with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmonad - a tiling window manager for X-Window, written in Haskell. Makes it possible to manage windows without using a mouse. http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/blog/2007/05/01 http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/blog/2007/05/17 T

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Erez D wrote: hi i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to switch focus between the two by command line any idea ? thanks, erez. I quickly wrote something. http://www.lingnu.com/files/xfocus

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Omer Zak wrote: OK, I'll bite even though I know of no such utility. I assume that you are using X-Window server, but without any window manager. 1. Find or develop an utility for simulating mouse events and delivering them to X-Window. Then use mouse events to change focus. 2. Find or write a

Re: grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Omer Zak
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 00:18 +0200, Erez D wrote: > hi > > > i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. > i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to > switch focus between the two by command line > > > > any idea ? OK, I'll bite even though I

grab focus

2008-12-01 Thread Erez D
hi i'm looking for a command line util which lets me change x-focus. i am running two apps with no window manager, and i want to be able to switch focus between the two by command line any idea ? thanks, erez.