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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Wildcard with xdotool Post 303031747 by drew77 on Tuesday 5th of March 2019 08:04:08 AM
Old 03-05-2019
xdotool selectwindow activates a moveable box that you then position over the window to gets it id.

So it won't work in a script.

This is what happens if there is no window opened named No Window.

Code:
xdotool search --name "No Window"
andy@7_~/Downloads$

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XSetTransientForHint(3X11)					     MIT X11R4						XSetTransientForHint(3X11)

Name
       XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window's WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property

Syntax
       XSetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window)
	  Display *display;
	  Window w;
	  Window prop_window;

       Status XGetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window_return)
	  Display *display;
	  Window w;
	  Window *prop_window_return;

Arguments
       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       w	 Specifies the window.

       prop_window
		 Specifies the window that the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property is to be set to.

       prop_window_return
		 Returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window.

Description
       The function sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window to the specified prop_window.

       can generate and errors.

       The function returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property for the specified window.

       can generate a error.

Properties
       WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
		 Set by application programs to indicate to the window manager that a transient top-level window, such as a dialog box.

Diagnostics
       The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.

       A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.

See Also
       XAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11), XAllocWMHints(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11), XSetWM-
       ClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIconName(3X11), XSetWMName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11),
       XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
       X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys

															XSetTransientForHint(3X11)
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