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devilspie(1) General Commands Manual devilspie(1) NAME devilspie - perform actions on windows as they are created SYNOPSIS devilspie [OPTION]... configuration-files... DESCRIPTION devilspie is a program which can detect windows as they are created, and perform actions on them if they match as set of criteria. The configuration files are a set of s-expressions. For documentation and examples, see /usr/share/doc/devilspie/. Command-lines options: -a --apply-to-existing Apply to all existing windows instead of just new windows. -d --debug Output debug information -l --list-symbols List available symbols supported in input files. -s symname --symbol-doc=symname Get detailed help on symbol symname ('all' for all symbols). ALLOWED SYMBOLS In the input files, the following symbols are known by devilspie: is String equality, (is a b) means a is the same as b. contains Substring, (contains haystack needle) means haystack contains nee- dle. matches Regexp matches, (matches str pattern) means the regexp pattern matches str. window_name Return the title of the current window (String). window_role Return the role (as determined by the WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint) of the current window (String). window_class Return the class of the current window (String). window_xid Return the X11 window id of the current window (Integer). application_name Return the application name (as determined by libwnck) of the cur- rent window (String). window_property Returns the given property of the window, e.g. pass "_NET_WM_STATE" (String). window_workspace Returns the workspace a window is on (Integer). debug Debugging function, outputs the current window's title, name, role and geometry (Returns TRUE). print Print args (without trailing 0 returns boolean). println Print args (with trailing 0 returns boolean). str Transform parameters into strings and concat them. hex Transform the integer parameter into an unsigned hexadecimal string (with 0x prefix). geometry Set position + size (as tring) of current window (returns boolean). fullscreen Make the current window fullscreen (returns TRUE). focus Focus the current window (returns TRUE). center Center position of current window (returns boolean). maximize Maximise the current window (returns TRUE). maximize_vertically Maximise vertically the current window (returns TRUE). maximize_horizontally Maximise horizontally the current window (returns TRUE). unmaximize Un-maximise the current window (returns TRUE). minimize Minimise the current window (returns TRUE). unminimize Un-minimise the current window (returns TRUE). shade Shade ("roll up") the current window (returns TRUE). unshade Un-shade ("roll down") the current window (returns TRUE). close Close the current window (returns TRUE). pin Pin the current window to all workspaces (returns TRUE). unpin Unpin the current window from all workspaces (returns TRUE). stick Make the current window stick to all viewports (returns TRUE). unstick Unstick the window from viewports (returns TRUE). set_workspace Move the window to a specific workspace number, counting from 1 (re- turns boolean). set_viewport Move the window to a specific viewport number, counting from 1 (re- turns boolean). skip_pager Remove the current window from the window list (returns TRUE). skip_tasklist Remove the current window from the pager (returns TRUE). above Set the current window to be above all normal windows (returns TRUE). below Set the current window to be below all normal windows (returns TRUE). decorate Add the window manager decorations to the current window (returns boolean). undecorate Remove the window manager decorations from the current window (re- turns boolean). wintype Set the window type of the current window (returns boolean). Ac- cepted values are: normal, dialog, menu, toolbar, splashscreen, utility, dock, desktop. opacity Change the opacity level (as integer in 0..100) of the current win- dow (returns boolean). spawn_async Execute a command in the background (returns boolean). Command is given as a single string, or as a series of strings (similar to ex- ecl). spawn_sync Execute a command in the foreground (returns command output as string, or FALSE on error). Command is given as a single string, or as a series of strings (similar to execl). BUGS This manpage is almost useless, as it was thrown together on a train. AUTHOR This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>. devilspie(1)
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