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#!/bin/bash
#
# skippy-wrapper - B. Murphy
#
# a work around for the bug in skippy-xd that prevents minimized
# windows being included in the selection screen.
#
# dependency: xdotool
#
#
# prelim -- check not already running
# 0. get desktop
# 1. get list of all windows
# 2. get list of visible windows
# 3 generate list of hidden windows
# 4. raise hidden windows
# 5. run skippy-xd
# 6. get active window = SkippySelected
# 7. minimize hidden windows unless selected
#
#prelim
if [[ "`pidof -x $(basename $0) -o %PPID`" ]]; then
killall skippy-xd
exit; fi
#0.
dtop=`xdotool get_desktop`
#1.
any=`xdotool search --desktop $dtop "" 2> /dev/null`
#2.
visible=`xdotool search --desktop $dtop --onlyvisible "" 2> /dev/null`
#3.
hidden=$any
for item in $visible; do
hidden=`echo ${hidden/$item/''}`
done
#4.
for item in $hidden; do
xdotool windowmap $item
done
#5.
skippy-xd &> /dev/null
#6.
SkippySelected=`xdotool getactivewindow`
#7.
hidden=`echo ${hidden/$SkippySelected/''}`
for item in $hidden; do
xdotool windowminimize $item
done
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