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commit e9eb1e46a9cd7529e5e3296bf4df8cc85a5bc0d4
parent a345b7003fe83fea07e05a4f0be0f839d1bdc825
Author: Noah Evans <noah@nevans.me>
Date:   Fri,  8 Jan 2021 10:44:40 -0500

Add dmenu window switcher script

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tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
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tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch
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diff --git a/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/index.md
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Download
 command is started in a terminal. i.e. "top!".
 * [dmenu-launch](https://github.com/fsilveir/dmenu-launch): Simple and customizable
 dmenu launcher written in Python for acessing passwords, docs and application shortcuts.
+* [switch](switch): dmenu-based window switcher using wmctrl. If using dwm, requires the [ewmhtags](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/ewmhtags/) or [focusonnetactive](//dwm.suckless.org/patches/focusonnetactive/) patch to be usefull.
diff --git a/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch b/tools.suckless.org/dmenu/scripts/switch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+windows=$(wmctrl -xl | tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut -d ' ' -f 3-3,5- | sed 's/^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.//' | sort | uniq)
+
+# Add spaces to align the WM_NAMEs of the windows
+max=$(echo "$windows" | awk '{cur=length($1); max=(cur>max?cur:max)} END{print max}')
+
+windows=$(echo "$windows" | \
+              awk -v max="$max" \
+                  '{cur=length($1); printf $1; \
+                    for(i=0; i < max - cur + 1; i++) printf " "; \
+                    $1 = ""; printf "%s\n", $0}')
+
+
+target=$(echo "$windows" | dmenu -l 10 -i -p switch: | tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)
+
+if [[ -n $target ]]; then
+    wmctrl -a "$target"
+fi