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sleekmason
I found a script to provide tiling and cascade funtions for desktop windows use.
The original, “winfuncs.sh” script can be found here: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6841
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I’ve changed nothing from the original. I also set up a couple of scripts to toggle between options. These are not neccesary in order to use winfuncs.sh. Just extras I created to use with winfuncs.sh.
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Winfuncs.sh needs three programs in order to work properly:
apt-get install wmctrl xwininfo xdotool
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To use winfuncs.sh, place the Script in /usr/local/bin and make sure to make it executable.
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An Example For fluxbox menu might be:
[exec] (Cascade) {winfuncs.sh cascade}
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And for keys:
Control Mod4 z :ExecCommand winfuncs.sh cascade
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In ~/.fluxbox/keys (there is also a menu link to the /keys file), you can change whatever you want providing you dont try using the same key for two different uses. Only the latter will apply.
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As a side note, if you are using fluxbox you don’t need this script to “showdesktop”. Fluxbox provides for this using:
[exec] (Show Desktop) {fluxbox-remote ShowDesktop}
So for just showing the desktop from the menu, no scripts required!
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There are five options to the winfuncs.sh script:
tile
cascade
tiletwo
select
showdesktop
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The extra scripts:
Toggletile script, “tile” and “cascade” will toggle back and forth.
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Cascade.sh script, toggle through “tile” “cascade”, and “showdesktop” (and then stopping there). There is probably a way to keep it cycling through, but I haven’t figured that out yet. Maybe getopts?:)
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The script isn’t perfect. In tile, you can see where the bottom edges overlap the taskbar. The “cascade” option is my favorite and works well. Enjoy!
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Anonymous
Thanks!
“cascade” is a great addition (much better than the alt+Tab’ing I’ve grown accustomed to using)sleekmason
Thank you! Learned a bunch getting this to work.
Dave
This looks interesting.
Will need to give it a go, it looks like it would fit well with the pre-installed wingrid scripts. Perhaps they could be joined together into one project pack.Computers are like air conditioners. They work fine until you start opening Windows. ~Author Unknown
sleekmason
Yes, very handy. The only thing I couldn’t accomplish was getting the whole thing to cycle over and over every time you hit a key (tile, cascade, desktop, tile, cascade, desktop . . . .). It is beyond me to get it cycled back from desktop to tile.
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