Sorry, I was not able to summarize my question in a better way the title.

The question is this. I have written a bash script. The script calls in a loop Imagemagick's display and displays the contents of a graphical file (jpg). I run KDE.

The script then asks me whether or not I should perform an operation on the file displayed. If I answer affirmative, the operation is performed and the next image is shown, if I respond negative, the next image is shown.

The problem is that whenever the image is shown, the ImageMagick window gets the focus. I have to use the mouse or a key combination to set the focus back to the Konsole window my script is running in.

What I actually want is that immediately after the Imagemagick window is shown, my Konsole window get the focus back you that I can press just one key, instead of using both mouse and keyboard.

It is no problem that the Imagemgick window gets partially obscured by the console, but it would be nice if I could force the Imagemagick window to -say- the rightmost side of the screen.

Any ideas how to manipulate KDE Windows from within a bash script? I googled for 'windows' but the result was predictable.

jlinkels

One fast solution is to use xautomation tools - http://hoopajoo.net/projects/xautomation.html and then use it in your script like this:

xte is one of the tools you can find inside. Dont forget ofc to bind key combination to focus.

The other solution is to write ur own code using XTest... and get rid of this bash script.

You can use the same way if thats more comfortable for you, to move your mouse at certain coordinates and perform mouse click like this:


Maybe there are other easier solutions... :\