devilspie1

Usage

Overview

devilspie is a program which can detect windows as they are created, and perform actions on them if they match as set of criteria.

The configuration files are a set of s-expressions. For documentation and examples, see /usr/share/doc/devilspie/.

Command-lines options:

-a --apply-to-existing

Apply to all existing windows instead of just new windows.

-d --debug

Output debug information

-l --list-symbols

List available symbols supported in input files.

-s symname --symbol-doc=symname

Get detailed help on symbol symname ('all' for all symbols).

Allowed symbols

In the input files, the following symbols are known by devilspie:

is

String equality, (is a b) means a is the same as b.

contains

Substring, (contains haystack needle) means haystack contains needle.

matches

Regexp matches, (matches str pattern) means the regexp pattern matches str.

window_name

Return the title of the current window (String).

window_role

Return the role (as determined by the WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint) of the current window (String).

window_class

Return the class of the current window (String).

window_xid

Return the X11 window id of the current window (Integer).

application_name

Return the application name (as determined by libwnck) of the current window (String).

window_property

Returns the given property of the window, e.g. pass "_NET_WM_STATE" (String).

window_workspace

Returns the workspace a window is on (Integer).

debug

Debugging function, outputs the current window's title, name, role and geometry (Returns TRUE).

print

Print args (without trailing 0 returns boolean).

println

Print args (with trailing 0 returns boolean).

str

Transform parameters into strings and concat them.

hex

Transform the integer parameter into an unsigned hexadecimal string (with 0x prefix).

geometry

Set position + size (as tring) of current window (returns boolean).

fullscreen

Make the current window fullscreen (returns TRUE).

focus

Focus the current window (returns TRUE).

center

Center position of current window (returns boolean).

maximize

Maximise the current window (returns TRUE).

maximize_vertically

Maximise vertically the current window (returns TRUE).

maximize_horizontally

Maximise horizontally the current window (returns TRUE).

unmaximize

Un-maximise the current window (returns TRUE).

minimize

Minimise the current window (returns TRUE).

unminimize

Un-minimise the current window (returns TRUE).

shade

Shade ("roll up") the current window (returns TRUE).

unshade

Un-shade ("roll down") the current window (returns TRUE).

close

Close the current window (returns TRUE).

pin

Pin the current window to all workspaces (returns TRUE).

unpin

Unpin the current window from all workspaces (returns TRUE).

stick

Make the current window stick to all viewports (returns TRUE).

unstick

Unstick the window from viewports (returns TRUE).

set_workspace

Move the window to a specific workspace number, counting from 1 (returns boolean).

set_viewport

Move the window to a specific viewport number, counting from 1 (returns boolean).

skip_pager

Remove the current window from the window list (returns TRUE).

skip_tasklist

Remove the current window from the pager (returns TRUE).

above

Set the current window to be above all normal windows (returns TRUE).

below

Set the current window to be below all normal windows (returns TRUE).

decorate

Add the window manager decorations to the current window (returns boolean).

undecorate

Remove the window manager decorations from the current window (returns boolean).

wintype

Set the window type of the current window (returns boolean). Accepted values are: normal, dialog, menu, toolbar, splashscreen, utility, dock, desktop.

opacity

Change the opacity level (as integer in 0..100) of the current window (returns boolean).

spawn_async

Execute a command in the background (returns boolean). Command is given as a single string, or as a series of strings (similar to execl).

spawn_sync

Execute a command in the foreground (returns command output as string, or FALSE on error). Command is given as a single string, or as a series of strings (similar to execl).