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Any chance folks have pointers on how I could do this for the windows of my desktop? Running PopOS and would love to setup some keyboard macros to setup common

by taeric 2y ago

Any chance folks have pointers on how I could do this for the windows of my desktop? Running PopOS and would love to setup some keyboard macros to setup common window arrangements. I am embarrassed that I have basically no idea where to start in doing that, though. :( Would I be looking to do a Gnome plugin?

dfc 2y ago
Sway/i3/etc?
- taeric 2y ago
  Do I really have to jump to a new compositor/window manager to get this? Seems like I should be able to query the state of my desktop without doing that. :(
  - yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
    In theory if GNOME exposes enough API surface then sure you can write a plugin to do it. I'm rather under the impression that GNOME is not particularly friendly to that kind of customization work, though. Perhaps it's better these days; I haven't paid it as much attention since jumping ship. It is entirely possible that it would be less overall work to switch to a window manager that enthusiastically exposes all the API surface you could ever ask for, but don't let that stop you from looking into it.
    - taeric 2y ago
      :D Completely fair answers! I don't know why it is so surprising to me that there isn't a very easy "list windows and locations" in computers. Feels like something that should be as a basic building block, but I have never seen it. Assumed I just didn't know where to look. Thanks!