Optional: You can also use the usecompiz and usemetacity scripts to manage any other application that misbehaves when metacity or compiz-fusion take over your desktop. In fact, I use the windowranger script below to automatically put windows back into their corresponding viewports since everything gets shoved into the first viewport once you go back into compiz from metacity (thanks for pointing it out darken). You will need wmctrl for this to work properly:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, time, wnck, sys
def dec2hex(n):
#"""return the hexadecimal string representation of integer n"""#
return "%X" % n
def hex2dec(s):
#"""return the integer value of a hexadecimal string s"""#
return int(s, 16)
def MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, xpos, ypos):
time.sleep(0.2)
os.system('wmctrl -i -r ' + wID + ' -e 0,'+str(xpos)+','+str(ypos)+',-1,-1')
#time.sleep(0.4)
#os.system('wmctrl -i -a ' + wID)
if DEBUG: print "Moved to", xpos, ypos, 'n'
def Place(x, y, wID, wclass, wtitle):
fin,dout = os.popen4('wmctrl -d') # output desktop geometry
for line in dout:
line = line[line.find('VP: ') + 4:len(line)] # get current viewport offset
line = line[0:line.find(' ')]
offset = line.split(',') # split in x,y viewport offset coordinates
vpxpos = int(offset[0]) # convert into integer
vpypos = int(offset[1]) # convert into integer
absxpos = vpxpos+x # absolute window position (x)
absypos = vpypos+y # absolute window position (y)
wxpos = absxpos
wypos = absypos
while wxpos >= width:
wxpos = wxpos - width # relative window position (x)
while wypos >= height:
wypos = wypos - height # relative window position (y)
if (wxpos >= 0)&(wxpos <= 2): wxpos = 0
if (wypos >= 0)&(wypos <= 2): wypos = 0
dout.close() # close command output
if DEBUG: print 'Position:', absxpos, 'x', absypos
#Send Firefox to viewport 1
if wclass.find('Firefox') != -1:
# Flash fullscreen windows are titled 'Firefox' so we need to ignore them...
if wtitle != 'Firefox':
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx1, wypos - vpypos + vpy1)
#Send GYachI to viewport 2
elif wclass.find('GYachI') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx2, wypos - vpypos + vpy2)
#Send VirtualBox to viewport 5
elif wclass.find('VirtualBox') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx5, wypos - vpypos + vpy5)
#Send Amarok to viewport 6
elif wclass.find('Amarokapp') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx6, wypos - vpypos + vpy6)
#Send Azureus to viewport 6
elif wclass.find('SWT') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx6, wypos - vpypos + vpy6)
#Send Qbittorrent to viewport 6
elif wclass.find('Qbittorrent') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx6, wypos - vpypos + vpy6)
#Send Pidgin to viewport 7
elif wclass.find('Pidgin') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx7, wypos - vpypos + vpy7)
#Send Skype to viewport 7
elif wclass.find('Skype') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx7, wypos - vpypos + vpy7)
#Send Thunderbird to viewport 8
elif wclass.find('Thunderbird-bin') != -1:
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx8, wypos - vpypos + vpy8)
#Send all other windows in viewport 1 to viewport 2
elif (wclass.find('Gnome-panel')==-1)&(wtitle != 'Desktop')&(wclass.find('Gkrellm')==-1)&(wclass.find('Launcher')==-1)&(absxpos < width)&(absypos <= height):
MoveWindow(wID, wtitle, wxpos - vpxpos + vpx2, wypos - vpypos + vpy2)
else:
if DEBUG: print 'Ignoredn'
#---------------------------- MAIN -------------------------------------
s = wnck.screen_get_default()
width = s.get_width()
height = s.get_height()
vpx1 = (width * 0);vpy1 = (height * 0)
vpx2 = (width * 1);vpy2 = (height * 0)
vpx3 = (width * 2);vpy3 = (height * 0)
vpx4 = (width * 3);vpy4 = (height * 0)
vpx5 = (width * 0);vpy5 = (height * 1)
vpx6 = (width * 1);vpy6 = (height * 1)
vpx7 = (width * 2);vpy7 = (height * 1)
vpx8 = (width * 3);vpy8 = (height * 1)
DEBUG = False;
for arg in sys.argv:
if arg=='--debug':
DEBUG=True;
if DEBUG: print 'Viewport geometry:', width, 'x', height, 'n'
fin,wout = os.popen4('wmctrl -lGx')
for line in wout:
wID = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window ID
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wdesk = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window desktop
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wxoffset = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window x offset
wxoffset = (int(wxoffset) / 2)
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wyoffset = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window y offset
wyoffset = (int(wyoffset) / 2) - 24
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wwidth = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window width
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wheight = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window height
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wclass = line[0:line.find(' jsilva')] # get the window class
line = line[line.find(' jsilva'):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
whost = line[0:line.find(' ')] # get the window host
line = line[line.find(' '):len(line)]
line = line.lstrip()
wtitle = line[0:len(line) - 1] # get the window title
if DEBUG:
print 'Class:', wclass
print 'Host:', whost
print 'Title:', wtitle
Place(wxoffset,wyoffset,wID,wclass,wtitle) # place window
wout.close()
