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warnec

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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[SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

Hi. I would like You guys to help me. I don't want to use fusion-icon (many complex reasons I wouldn't like to state here, just please take it for granted) and I'd like to bind a key combination for a command which would let me replace compiz with metacity and the other way round. So I think I need a script.

What I'd need:

detect if compiz is running
yes -> metacity --replace
no -> compiz --loose-binding --replace

Can You help?

Last edited by warnec (2010-06-23 19:38:46)

PirateJonno

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

here's a rough, untested stab at it:

#!/bin/sh
if pgrep -x metacity &> /dev/null; then
  compiz --loose-binding --replace &
else
  metacity --replace &
fi

the pgrep call might need to be a bit more specific for a multi-user system

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warnec

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

it doesn't seem to work. When I've got Compiz running and use this script, the screen flickers, but Compiz still works. I suspect

compiz --loose-binding --replace

is ran even if Compiz is running.

ngoonee

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/dbus/screen0 org.freedesktop.compiz.list | wc -l

This will return 0 if compiz isn't running.

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moljac024

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

#!/bin/bash

if pgrep compiz > /dev/null; then
    metacity --replace &
else
    compiz --loose-binding --replace ccp &
fi

This should work

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warnec

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

The scripts by mojlac024 replaces compiz by metacity when compiz is running, but when metacity is running it doesn't bring compiz back.

How to incorporate that test:

dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/dbus/screen0 org.freedesktop.compiz.list | wc -l

into the script?

PS.:
When compiz is running, it prints 1. But when compiz is not running, it prints:

Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.compiz was not provided by any .service files
0

So a simple logical test of "is this 0 or not?" won't work, I'm afraid.

Last edited by warnec (2010-06-23 17:01:44)

Stebalien

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

if [ $(dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/dbus/screen0 org.freedesktop.compiz.list 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
    metacity --replace &
else
    compiz --loose-binding --replace ccp &
fi

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warnec

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Re: [SOLVED]Script to replace compiz with metacity and the other way round

it just stops compiz and starts it again.

EDIT: Wait! It just noticed it works fine.
The only thing which caused me to think it wasn't working was my stupidity - in CCSM I bound Shift+F11 to the script, so the shortcut called the script only when compiz was running - with metacity, ccsm isn't working.

Thanks for all Your help, guys.

for binding shift+f11 to the script, I used xbindkeys.

Last edited by warnec (2010-06-23 19:38:31)