From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How to get X Window id from within Emacs? Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:52:13 +0300 Message-ID: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3300"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Help GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 15 18:53:33 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tMso8-0000lp-Oa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:53:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tMsnc-0001TI-9b; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:53:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tMsnb-0001T7-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:52:59 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tMsnZ-0000Wp-Rz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:52:58 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.75.172.173]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001BF39.00000000675F1752.00067057; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:52:17 -0700 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=support1@rcdrun.com; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:148811 Archived-At: The standard shell commend `xwininfo' gives me the Window id, such as 0x2e000ac and then I can run shell command like `xdotool' to activate the Emacs window: $ xwininfo xwininfo: Please select the window about which you would like information by clicking the mouse in that window. xwininfo: Window id: 0x2e000ac "*shell* - GNU Emacs at lco2" after switching to other workspace, then I can still do: $ xdotool windowactivate 0x2e000ac and I would return to Emacs X Window. Is there a way to get the Window ID from within Emacs? That will be useful to return to Emacs upon some notifications and jobs done, during the watching of the movie. Jean