Why do `xwininfo` and `xdotool` give me different window ids?
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In a tab of a terminal emulator (lxterminal), I try to find out its window id by clicking in the tab and the process which "owns" the window (I am still not sure what is the word to describe the relation between a window and a process, so I use "own"), both by xwininfo
$ xwininfo -int | grep -Po '(?<=Window id: )[0-9a-zA-Z]+'
31457283
$ xdotool getwindowpid 31457283
1480
$ ps aux | grep -i 1480
t 1480 0.1 0.3 473204 31240 ? Sl Nov21 23:18 lxterminal
and xdotool
$ xdotool selectwindow
35652689
$ xdotool selectwindow getwindowpid
window 35652689 has no pid associated with it.
Why do xwininfo and xdotool give me different window ids, and thus different process results?
Thanks.
x11 terminal-emulator xdotool
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In a tab of a terminal emulator (lxterminal), I try to find out its window id by clicking in the tab and the process which "owns" the window (I am still not sure what is the word to describe the relation between a window and a process, so I use "own"), both by xwininfo
$ xwininfo -int | grep -Po '(?<=Window id: )[0-9a-zA-Z]+'
31457283
$ xdotool getwindowpid 31457283
1480
$ ps aux | grep -i 1480
t 1480 0.1 0.3 473204 31240 ? Sl Nov21 23:18 lxterminal
and xdotool
$ xdotool selectwindow
35652689
$ xdotool selectwindow getwindowpid
window 35652689 has no pid associated with it.
Why do xwininfo and xdotool give me different window ids, and thus different process results?
Thanks.
x11 terminal-emulator xdotool
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
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asked Dec 5 at 15:43
Tim
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In a tab of a terminal emulator (lxterminal), I try to find out its window id by clicking in the tab and the process which "owns" the window (I am still not sure what is the word to describe the relation between a window and a process, so I use "own"), both by xwininfo
$ xwininfo -int | grep -Po '(?<=Window id: )[0-9a-zA-Z]+'
31457283
$ xdotool getwindowpid 31457283
1480
$ ps aux | grep -i 1480
t 1480 0.1 0.3 473204 31240 ? Sl Nov21 23:18 lxterminal
and xdotool
$ xdotool selectwindow
35652689
$ xdotool selectwindow getwindowpid
window 35652689 has no pid associated with it.
Why do xwininfo and xdotool give me different window ids, and thus different process results?
Thanks.
x11 terminal-emulator xdotool
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
37.9k1053123
asked Dec 5 at 15:43
Tim
25.4k74244447
In a tab of a terminal emulator (lxterminal), I try to find out its window id by clicking in the tab and the process which "owns" the window (I am still not sure what is the word to describe the relation between a window and a process, so I use "own"), both by xwininfo
$ xwininfo -int | grep -Po '(?<=Window id: )[0-9a-zA-Z]+'
31457283
$ xdotool getwindowpid 31457283
1480
$ ps aux | grep -i 1480
t 1480 0.1 0.3 473204 31240 ? Sl Nov21 23:18 lxterminal
and xdotool
$ xdotool selectwindow
35652689
$ xdotool selectwindow getwindowpid
window 35652689 has no pid associated with it.
Why do xwininfo and xdotool give me different window ids, and thus different process results?
Thanks.
x11 terminal-emulator xdotool
x11 terminal-emulator xdotool
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
37.9k1053123
asked Dec 5 at 15:43
Tim
25.4k74244447
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
37.9k1053123
asked Dec 5 at 15:43
Tim
25.4k74244447
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
37.9k1053123
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
37.9k1053123
edited Dec 5 at 15:47
Jeff Schaller
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asked Dec 5 at 15:43
Tim
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asked Dec 5 at 15:43
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