[openbox] key binding action to focus existing terminal

Delcides F. Sousa Jr delcides at gmail.com
Tue Apr 22 08:19:26 EDT 2008


On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Vaughn Dickson <vaughnd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I'm used to Quicksilver's behaviour on Mac, where opening an application
>  will just give it focus if it's already open. Is there a way to do this
>  in openbox? Specifically for a terminal app. I have alt-e bound to open
>  a terminal, but I'd rather have it focus the existing one on my current
>  desktop/workspace.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Vaughn
>
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     You can use wmctrl and a bit of shell script to do this.

Regards,

Delcides.



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