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dirwin.py

dirwin.py is a way to navigate windows quickly with the keyboard by relative direction, while preserving the z buffer.

win.mp4

Basic usuage:

• ./dirwin.py list # Show current window layout as ascii
• ./dirwin.py left # focus window to the left of this one

Requires:

• xprop: window stack order and desktop geometry
• xdotool: identify selected window and move mouse
• xwininfo: window geometry information
• wmctrl: change focus

Directional movement:

• Directional movement is a pretty useful feature in dynamic and tiling window managers, if like me you still prefer WM's like Openbox this script is a way to get that functionality.

Map it in openbox:

<keybind key="W-Left">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>~/scripts/dirwin.py left</command>
  </action>
</keybind>


<keybind key="W-Right">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>~/scripts/dirwin.py right</command>
  </action>
</keybind>


<keybind key="W-Up">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>~/scripts/dirwin.py up</command>
  </action>
</keybind>


<keybind key="W-Down">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>~/scripts/dirwin.py down</command>
  </action>
</keybind>

Configuration:

You can set scale to a lower value for speed (1 for a real-sized screen buffer), but this will start negatively improving accuracy at around 32.

TODO:

• Improve accuracy
• Better filtering for panels