select windows

[Siqing Du]

Hi,

Is there is a way to write a program to select and switch between
windows? For instance, if I have three windows: Firefox, Thunderbird,
and emacs, can I run a program to bring up the desired windows, instead
of click on the windows use mouse.

Thanks,

Du

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Hi,

Is there is a way to write a program to select and switch between
windows? For instance, if I have three windows: Firefox, Thunderbird,
and emacs, can I run a program to bring up the desired windows, instead
of click on the windows use mouse.

This capability is dependent upon the operating system and, for
those OS with multiple graphical environments, the graphical environment
(IE, KDE is probably different from Gnome).

On Windows, check on the win32 package for system calls to find
application windows and send events to them.

(And the Amiga could add even more complexity -- I still miss the
Amiga's ability to PUSH a window to the back while STILL KEEPING
FOCUS... Made it easy to type stuff into one window while reading data
from a covering window!)
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[Tom Wright]

(And the Amiga could add even more complexity -- I still miss the
Amiga's ability to PUSH a window to the back while STILL KEEPING
FOCUS... Made it easy to type stuff into one window while reading data
from a covering window!)

KDE's window manager can do this (and it is useful, you're right). I
suspect most other window managers will offer it as an option, too.