move from one xterm and back again using wmctrl

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I'm running fvwm and have multiple virtual desktops open. I'd like to be able to write a bash script that would take me from one xterm to another---this part is easy, using wmctrl -a ---and then back again, which is the hard part.



I imagine that if I could execute a command in the new window once I've passed control to it, then the rest would be easy, but as far as I can tell from the documentation, wmctrl doesn't give me the option to do this.



Here's the basic idea of the script I'd like to write



#!/bin/bash
 TmpScreen=CAMILLE
 CurrScreen=ANDREW
 wmctrl -R $TmpScreen
 #echo this line on CAMILLE not ANDREW
 echo "Type 'GoBack' to return to $CurrScreen" &
 #Do something on CAMILLE
 #Type GoBack, which would then execute
 wmctrl -a $CurrScreen
 #Be back to where I started


Is there a way to accomplish this? Any help would be most appreciated




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  • you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
    – meuh
    Feb 7 at 22:25










  • Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
    – Leo Simon
    Feb 8 at 3:21














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I'm running fvwm and have multiple virtual desktops open. I'd like to be able to write a bash script that would take me from one xterm to another---this part is easy, using wmctrl -a ---and then back again, which is the hard part.



I imagine that if I could execute a command in the new window once I've passed control to it, then the rest would be easy, but as far as I can tell from the documentation, wmctrl doesn't give me the option to do this.



Here's the basic idea of the script I'd like to write



#!/bin/bash
 TmpScreen=CAMILLE
 CurrScreen=ANDREW
 wmctrl -R $TmpScreen
 #echo this line on CAMILLE not ANDREW
 echo "Type 'GoBack' to return to $CurrScreen" &
 #Do something on CAMILLE
 #Type GoBack, which would then execute
 wmctrl -a $CurrScreen
 #Be back to where I started


Is there a way to accomplish this? Any help would be most appreciated




xterm wmctrl fvwm




share|improve this question




















  • you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
    – meuh
    Feb 7 at 22:25










  • Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
    – Leo Simon
    Feb 8 at 3:21












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down vote

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up vote
0
down vote

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I'm running fvwm and have multiple virtual desktops open. I'd like to be able to write a bash script that would take me from one xterm to another---this part is easy, using wmctrl -a ---and then back again, which is the hard part.



I imagine that if I could execute a command in the new window once I've passed control to it, then the rest would be easy, but as far as I can tell from the documentation, wmctrl doesn't give me the option to do this.



Here's the basic idea of the script I'd like to write



#!/bin/bash
 TmpScreen=CAMILLE
 CurrScreen=ANDREW
 wmctrl -R $TmpScreen
 #echo this line on CAMILLE not ANDREW
 echo "Type 'GoBack' to return to $CurrScreen" &
 #Do something on CAMILLE
 #Type GoBack, which would then execute
 wmctrl -a $CurrScreen
 #Be back to where I started


Is there a way to accomplish this? Any help would be most appreciated




xterm wmctrl fvwm




share|improve this question












I'm running fvwm and have multiple virtual desktops open. I'd like to be able to write a bash script that would take me from one xterm to another---this part is easy, using wmctrl -a ---and then back again, which is the hard part.



I imagine that if I could execute a command in the new window once I've passed control to it, then the rest would be easy, but as far as I can tell from the documentation, wmctrl doesn't give me the option to do this.



Here's the basic idea of the script I'd like to write



#!/bin/bash
 TmpScreen=CAMILLE
 CurrScreen=ANDREW
 wmctrl -R $TmpScreen
 #echo this line on CAMILLE not ANDREW
 echo "Type 'GoBack' to return to $CurrScreen" &
 #Do something on CAMILLE
 #Type GoBack, which would then execute
 wmctrl -a $CurrScreen
 #Be back to where I started


Is there a way to accomplish this? Any help would be most appreciated





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  • you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
    – meuh
    Feb 7 at 22:25










  • Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
    – Leo Simon
    Feb 8 at 3:21
















  • you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
    – meuh
    Feb 7 at 22:25










  • Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
    – Leo Simon
    Feb 8 at 3:21















you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
– meuh
Feb 7 at 22:25




you should be able to get the current window id with xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW, and so save it before moving to the new window.
– meuh
Feb 7 at 22:25












Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
– Leo Simon
Feb 8 at 3:21




Thanks @meuh, I need something in addition though. I need to be able to pass an echo command to the new window, i.e., starting in the Current window, i want to write an echo (containing information from your xprop command) that shows up in the new window
– Leo Simon
Feb 8 at 3:21















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