Lua and Devispie2 window scripting

lamic · 02-23-2018, 03:29 PM

Lua script only works when the stdout is being displayed. How can i make it work in background?

Code:

if (get_application_name()=="terminator") then
    terminator_window_xid = get_window_xid()
—    debug_print( "terminator_window_xid" )

— set a variable for the number of terminator instances called
  if not terminator_instance then
      terminator_instance = 0
debug_print( "terminator_instance = ", terminator_instance )

  else
      terminator_instance = terminator_instance + 1
debug_print( "terminator_instance = ", terminator_instance )
  end

  if terminator_instance == 0 then
      set_window_workspace( 3 )
      set_window_geometry( 0, 0, 775, 450 )

  elseif terminator_instance == 1 then
      set_window_workspace( 3 )
      set_window_geometry( 961, 0, 960, 540 )

  elseif terminator_instance == 2 then
      set_window_workspace( 3 )
      set_window_geometry( 0, 400, 960, 240 )

  elseif terminator_instance == 3 then
      set_window_workspace( 3 )
      set_window_geometry( 100, 0, 960, 540 )

  else
      set_window_workspace( 3 )

  end
end

Source: https://www.justingedge.com/blog/

astrogeek · 02-23-2018, 04:26 PM

I know nothing about Devilspie2 except what I got from a quick look at documentation I just found online.

From that, I think that your script must be invoked by Devilspie2 when found in some config'd directory, and Devispie2 has been started with the WM, and is running in background or as a daemon(?).

Could you be more specific about how you are starting Devispie2, and how are you "backgrounding" it?

Also, what distro and what WM are you using it with?

lamic · 02-24-2018, 12:19 PM

I’m using linux mint with Mate desktop manager. The devilspie2 gets auto started with "Startup Applications"

Code:

devilspie2 --folder /home/USER/.scripts/devilspie2/

I store all my other scirpts in .scripts/devilspie2/ dir and they all work, but for the above script to work, I must start the script in another terminal

Code:

 devilspie2 --debug /home/USER/.config/devilspie2/terminator.lua