Window id of xterm started

[Riza Dindir]

Ok what would be a reliable way of doing this.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 14:58 Carsten Haitzler <raster at rasterman.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:06:36 +0300 Riza Dindir <riza.dindir at gmail.com>
> said:
>
> > I ended up giving that xterm a distinct title. Using "xterm -T
> > <some-distinct-title>". Then with the xdotool could find its id "xdotool
> > search -name <some-distinct-title>".
>
> very unreliable. title may be changed at any point before or after window
> creation... you're asking for a race condition here.
>
> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM Carsten Haitzler <raster at rasterman.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 15:53:39 +0300 Riza Dindir <riza.dindir at gmail.com>
> > > said:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am starting xterm in my xinitrc. Is it possible to get the window
> id of
> > > > that xterm?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > >
> > > echo $WINDOWID
> > >
> > > (in the xterm itself).
> > >
> > > But I suspect this is not what you want... and no - there is no
> reliable
> > > way of
> > > getting a window id from some app you ran - the window ID is runtime
> > > assigned
> > > and can be anything. An app can open multiple windows (and often
> creates
> > > invisible windows you never see and sub windows etc.
> > >
> > > A large number of apps will set a _NET_WM_PID property on the window
> with
> > > the
> > > PID of the process that created the window - but not all. xterm does do
> > > this.
> > > Apps may set the WM_COMMAND property with the command that launched
> them
> > > (and
> > > any arguments). WM_CLASS may provide some hints as to the app that
> owns the
> > > window. you might have to follow the breadcrumbs and look at the
> window id
> > > referenced by WM_CLIENT_LEADER to get some of these properties.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> --------------
> > > Carsten Haitzler - raster at rasterman.com
> > >
> > >
>
>
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