commit e9eb1e46a9cd7529e5e3296bf4df8cc85a5bc0d4
Author: Noah Evans <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Jan 8 10:44:40 2021 -0500
Add dmenu window switcher script
diff --git a/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
index 53244dd5..c9bd9e3a 100644
--- a/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
+++ b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Download
command is started in a terminal. i.e. "top!".
* [dmenu-launch](https://github.com/fsilveir/dmenu-launch): Simple and
customizable
dmenu launcher written in Python for acessing passwords, docs and application
shortcuts.
+* [switch](switch): dmenu-based window switcher using wmctrl. If using dwm,
requires the [ewmhtags](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/ewmhtags/) or
[focusonnetactive](//dwm.suckless.org/patches/focusonnetactive/) patch to be
usefull.
diff --git a/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch
b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02ca8852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+windows=$(wmctrl -xl | tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut -d ' ' -f 3-3,5- | sed
's/^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.//' | sort | uniq)
+
+# Add spaces to align the WM_NAMEs of the windows
+max=$(echo "$windows" | awk '{cur=length($1); max=(cur>max?cur:max)} END{print
max}')
+
+windows=$(echo "$windows" | \
+ awk -v max="$max" \
+ '{cur=length($1); printf $1; \
+ for(i=0; i < max - cur + 1; i++) printf " "; \
+ $1 = ""; printf "%s
", $0}')
+
+
+target=$(echo "$windows" | dmenu -l 10 -i -p switch: | tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut
-d ' ' -f 2-)
+
+if [[ -n $target ]]; then
+ wmctrl -a "$target"
+fi
