[openbox] [PATCH] Window "Remember" keybind action

Daniel Ramsay daniel at dretzq.org.uk
Mon Dec 28 21:27:14 EST 2009


Apologies for replying to my own post.  I've added the patch as an
'enhancement' item in the OpenBox bugzilla install.

Thanks,

Daniel.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:20:10AM +0000, Daniel Ramsay wrote:
> 
> Hi - 
> 
> One of the features I missed after I'd switched from WindowMaker was the
> ability to very quickly assign a "switch-to" hotkey for a window.  I've
> written a patch against Openbox version 3.4.7.2 to implement a very basic
> "remember-this-window" keybind action.  
> 
> The same thing is perfectly possibly with wmctrl and some shell scripts, but
> I like having the faster response.
> 
> There are more details in the remember.c file created by the patch.
> 
> I mostly wrote this for my own gratification, but thought I'd share anyway. 
> I apologize in advance if the code does not meet expectations or quality
> standards, it's been some years since I last did C in earnest.
> 
> In a future version, I hope to change the "remember" action into separate
> "remember / recall / recall-or-remember / forget" actions, but I need to
> re-familiarize myself with GHashArray first.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Daniel.


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