x11-manager

X11 Manager

This capability aims at: provide X11 window and desktop control via libxcb.

References

1. Extended Window Manager Hints - freedesktop.org
2. pyewmh - github.com
3. leftwm - github.com

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Dependency

• cargo, libxcb-util-dev

Structure

• src (the Rust source code)

Build

• Manually build:

  cargo build --release

Test

cargo test -- --nocapture

TODO

• get/set number of desktops

• get/set current focused desktop

• get window props by "substring match":

  • if multiple windows match, return all as a list;
  • return geometry, window state and desktop index, e.g., wmctrl -lG;
  • together return with current screen geometry; (if screens disconnected, shrink to the northwest corner)

• get window props by "window xid" or "_NET_WM_PID"

• set window props by "window xid"