This tag is about windows as a GUI element. Use windows for questions about interoperability with the Windows operating system. See also desktop-environment, window-manager, x11, xorg.
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Is it possible to retrieve the active window process/title in Gnome?
I need a solution for getting the current active (focused) window information on a Gnome 2 desktop. I'm mostly interested in the process running that window and window title.
Is it possible?
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How can I disable terminal resizing
Vim scripts sometimes resize the whole shell (in my case the Taglist plugin).
I don't want this behavior, which is possible with the shell command resize, too.
Is there a way to suppress the whole ...
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Spawn 6 windows in 2 rows in the i3 window manager
How can I bind a key that spawns (via the exec command) six terminal windows? I managed to figure out how to do this, but all windows were on one row. What I would like to have is that 3 on top and 3 ...
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Open PDF previewer width specific size and position and “always on top” from command line
I'm using latexmk -pdf -pvc to keep compiling my LaTeX files to PDFs while they are displayed in evince. I'm doing that a lot with different files and I keep needing to zoom the PDF content, resize ...
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How to convert Windows 7 partitions to qcow2?
I know I can use qemu-img tool to convert a raw partition into a image file. But Windows 7 has two partitions. I tried:
qemu-img convert /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 win7.qcow2
But the generated file does ...
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Gnome3/Archlinux move windows with keys?
Looking for an app that will allow me to move my Gnome3 windows with keys like "Ctrl+Alt+Home" to move to top left corner of the screen.
Essentially, this is what Winsplit revolution does on windows.
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Forcing Skype window resize (under Gnome)
Using Skype 2.2 on Linux, the video which is reproduced seems to be limited to 320x240; the default options to resize the window are disabled.
Is there a way to force a resize of this window? Just ...
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How to make progress dialog for Bash in XFCE?
Previously, in KDE, this was simple -- I called KDialog with number of steps, I got DCOP handle in return, then I called dcop with that reference and step, and progress dialog got updated.
However, ...
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What is the max number of x-clients?
I am developing an x-server implementation, and I want to make it as similar to the current one as possible. I read through the documentation, but I couldn't find anything specific. In particular, ...
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Problem with maximizing windows on extended desktop (2 monitors)
I'm running Mint 11, with Compiz activated. I have extended desktop over 2 monitors. But I have issues when I need to maximize windows - it's stretched over 2 monitors, not inside one. I know that ...
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How to refresh a window by terminal? Or how to simulate `F5`?
I would like a way to refresh an specific window by terminal.
Probably I will need a comand to find the id or the name of the window and a command to refresh it.
Looks like xrefresh didnt do this, ...
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Override the window title for an arbitrary window in KDE and set a custom window title
Using KDE here, but there might be a solution that works with other desktops environments too. I often am dealing with many many windows. Most windows contain many tabs (e.g. a Dolphin window with ...
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Does window minimizing free memory usage?
Both the undisplayed maximized window and minimized window are invisible to the end user. By undisplayed I mean an inactive maximized window covered by the active window.
There is a difference ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to make a window occupy half the screen?
Is there a keyboard shortcut I can use to make a window occupy the left or right half of the screen? I'm using a modified version of Ubuntu. On Mac I just use Divvy but I'm not sure if there is a ...
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How do I find the X window ID under the mouse pointer in bash?
From a bash script, is there some way to get the ID of the X window under the mouse pointer?
(edit) I need the process to be non-interactive.
