zenUtils/desks.sh

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#!/bin/sh
# this is a simple script to both give some semblance of eye-candy for a tint2 executor
# and to switch virtual desktops programmatically, to be invoked by button click/scroll
# on said executor.
# if we're feeling spartan, just print a simple string for the executor
if [ -z $1 ]; then
echo ""
# if we pass '-x', spit a few hexadecimal bytes into the executor for eye-candy
elif [ "$1" = "-x" ]; then
od -vAn -N2 -x < /dev/urandom
# otherwise switch desks
else
currentDeskNum=$(wmctrl -d | grep -n [*] | awk '{print $1}' | awk -F : '{print $1}')
numDesks=$(wmctrl -d | wc -l)
case $1 in
"-n")
if [ ${currentDeskNum} -eq ${numDesks} ]; then
newDesk=$(wmctrl -d | head -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
else
newDesk=$(wmctrl -d | head -n $((currentDeskNum + 1)) | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
fi
;;
"-p")
if [ ${currentDeskNum} -eq 1 ]; then
newDesk=$(wmctrl -d | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
else
newDesk=$(wmctrl -d | head -n $((currentDeskNum - 1)) | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
fi
;;
esac
wmctrl -s ${newDesk}
fi