[workaround] xdotool broken with last update?

Question

Hi all,
I'm using the following script bound to a key via openbox to have a tilda-like dropdown terminal with urxvt:
#!/bin/bash
wid=$(xdotool search --name urxvtq | grep -m 1 '' )
if [ -z "$wid" ]; then
/home/seiichiro/.bin/urxvtc -name urxvtq -geometry 110x40
wid=$(xdotool search --name urxvtq)
xdotool windowfocus $wid
xdotool key Control_L+l
else
if [ -z "$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --name urxvtq 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
xdotool windowmap $wid
xdotool windowfocus $wid
else
xdotool windowunmap $wid
fi
fi
unfortunalety after the upgrade to the newest xdotool-version (1.20100302.2713-1) it is not working anymore. Problem seems to be that the xdotool search with --onlyvisible now returns the windowids regardless of visibility, and so the script always "thinks" the terminal is already visible. Does anyone have this problem too and maybe a fix for it?
TIA
seiichiro
Update: friend of mine did find the following workaround:
#!/bin/bash
wid=$(xdotool search --name urxvtq | grep -m 1 '')
if [ -z "$wid" ]; then
/home/seiichiro/.bin/urxvtc -name urxvtq -geometry 110x40
wid=$(xdotool search --name urxvtq)
xdotool windowfocus $wid
xdotool key Control_L+l
else
# if [ -z "$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --maxdepth 1 --name urxvtq 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
if [ -z "$(xprop -id $wid | grep 'window state: Normal')" ]; then
xdotool windowmap $wid
xdotool windowfocus $wid
else
xdotool windowunmap $wid
fi
fi
still fact remains that xdotool seems to be broken
Last edited by seiichiro0185 (2010-03-05 08:21:09)

Answer 1

v43 wrote:
i'm sorry to bring up this old thread, but i'm really curious on how this works.
what's the purpose of the line:
xdotool key Control_L+l
and what about the other file?
#!/bin/sh
urxvtc "$@"
if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
urxvtd -q -o -f
urxvtc "$@"
fi
should i use this even if i'm already running the urxvtd daemon?
First: don't hijack threads.
Second: don't ask questions without doing your own research. Read the man page, and the urxvt homepage/wiki.