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From: Ian Swainson <ian.swainson@datacom.co.nz>
To: Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs into focus
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:16 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87od44mgwr.fsf@gargoyle.datacom.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: g7e1l0$gi5$1@registered.motzarella.org

On Thursday 07 August 2008 at 05:36 PM, Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone recommend the best way to have emacs come to the foreground
> on a Linux desktop?

I use wmctrl with a little script that I bind to a key combination which
either brings the app to the foreground or starts it if it is not running:

#!/bin/sh

###

# Switch to a screen or do something

###

if ! wmctrl -a $1; then $2; fi

I save this as switchto and then:

switchto "Mozilla Firefox" "firefox"

Perhaps wmctrl could be used in the same way for emacs?

Cheers,
ian

-- 
Ian Swainson

fortune says:
In every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours.
-- Dr. Laurence J. Peter

Created using Free Software on GNU/Linux http://www.getgnulinux.org





  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-08  1:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-07  5:36 Emacs into focus Richard G Riley
2008-08-07  9:16 ` Tim X
2008-08-07  9:41 ` Joost Kremers
2008-08-07 11:01 ` Andrea Vettorello
2008-08-07 11:52 ` Chris Giroir
     [not found] ` <mailman.15986.1218106891.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-07 14:33   ` Richard G Riley
2008-08-07 17:33     ` Andrea Vettorello
     [not found] ` <mailman.15993.1218120233.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-07 14:53   ` Richard G Riley
2008-08-07 21:47     ` Bruce Stephens
2008-08-08  4:33       ` Tim X
2008-08-08  1:31 ` Ian Swainson [this message]
2008-08-09 22:08 ` Richard G Riley

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