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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Wildcard with xdotool Post 303031739 by RudiC on Tuesday 5th of March 2019 04:43:39 AM
Old 03-05-2019
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Originally Posted by drew77
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When I do my best, but am criticized, I start to wonder if someone is really tried to help me or just complain.
Let me try to relieve pressure a bit in this discussion. Nobody in here is criticized nor berated for no reason. Nobody is "just complain"ing. Asking for details is usually done for narrowing down open questions, targeting for a solution. Looking at the history of these fora, and esp. Don Cragun's contributions, you can see that helping requestors is THE MAIN FOCUS in here: data driven, solutions oriented.
In a recent post you complained being reminded of your >100 posts. The reason for the reminder is the expectation that with >100 posts someone knows WHAT to supply and how to supply it for maximum efficiency on both ends.

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I have provided ALL the info that I think pertains to this help request.
Very good objective. Still - please allow for clarifying questions.

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Originally Posted by drew77
The commands produce simple numbers as shown in my post.
Brilliant. Why not EXPLICITLY show those numbers AND their relation to the problem?


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I would think you would test my xdotools command to learn how it works. Maybe I should not have assumed that?
Yes, you are right, you shouldn't have. The best way to help has been proven to be asking questions and giving more or less generic hints leading the requestor in the right direction to find a solution on his/her own. Don't expect people in here to install more or less exotic tools to do your work for you.


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Originally Posted by drew77
The window id for the particular popup window is different each time, so this scripts often does not work.
Is there a way I could use a wildcard ?
Strongly discouraged. You almost certainly will target a wrong window, not every time, but over time.

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This gives me the correct window id.
Code:
xdotool search --name "Error" > Window_IDs.txt

You had a very similar, valid solution in your other thread which you dismissed. Difficult to understand






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Originally Posted by drew77
You did not pay very good attention to my post.
How do you know?

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-- The window id for the particular popup window is different each time ...
Which I would regard as a "usual behaviour".

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So your 2 question are not relevant.
Is that judgement up to you? Who wants help with a problem?
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