Undocumented switched to start urxvt minimized?

graysky · 2013-11-16 12:17:50

Is there a way to start a new urxvt window minimized? I found nothing of relevance googling nor in the man page.

karol · 2013-11-16 12:22:56

Use dwm and monocle layout ;P

Have you tried setting '-geometry' so that it's fullscreen?

graysky · 2013-11-16 12:28:57

@karol - I want to spawn a new urxvt window, but I want it to be minimized or at least make it open in the background, i.e. behind any other window that is open.

K ³ · 2013-11-16 12:35:40

It seems to me that the only option is to use community/devilspie.

karol · 2013-11-16 12:35:57

Oh dear, I somehow misread 'minimized' as 'maximized' ...

Why not use a new tab instead?

graysky · 2013-11-16 12:53:53

@karol - A new tab won't work for my application which is called by a script running a new command in a new window by design. I would like just it to run minimized.
@k3 - I will look at devilspie, thanks for the suggestion.

Last edited by graysky (2013-11-16 12:54:32)

wirr · 2013-11-16 13:04:06

Do you mind if it flashes:

win=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
urxvt &
sleep 0.1
xdotool windowactivate $win

or this might work:

xdotool exec --sync urxvt
xdotool windowminimize

graysky · 2013-11-16 13:06:19

@wirr - My script is calling makepkg via a parallel call (so 9 calls in parallel each running a their own terminal). I don't think I can use your solutions easily. The best option is a switch to open in the background on invocation, but I don't think I have that option

wirr · 2013-11-16 13:27:16

With the first snippet you could start all those 9 urxvts and switch back to your first urxvt.

If you change the class of the 9 urxvts you might be able to setup rules in your wm.

Thats it with the silly ideas

jjacky · 2013-11-16 13:53:41

wirr wrote:

Do you mind if it flashes:

win=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
urxvt &
sleep 0.1
xdotool windowactivate $win

or this might work:

xdotool exec --sync urxvt
xdotool windowminimize

urxvt sets the window id in $WINDOWID so something like this should work:

urxvt -hold -e sh -c 'xdotool windowminimize $WINDOWID && foobar'

Trilby · 2013-11-16 14:31:57

A geometry string could place the window offscreen - which is effectively the same as minimized (depending on how any taskbar/panel you use works).

graysky · 2013-11-16 15:18:04

@jjacky - Nice idea, but when it's executed in my parallel statement, the ORIGINAL xterm (i.e. the one I used to run the script) gets minimized and all spawned urxvt's are normal
@Trilby - This could work but may be interrupted by my pager as placing them into another virtual window... need to experiment.

progandy · 2013-11-16 15:37:11

The line with $WINDOWID must be part of the subscript you are launching, not the master script. Maybe also try to unset $WINDOWID before running the scripts.

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Undocumented switched to start urxvt minimized?

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