X11 window "swallower"
Project goals:
- Compile!
- Convert to C!
- Fork from C++ upstream!
- [WIP] Don't hide then change focus -- transfer focus (keep programs in the context/tag where you launched them, rather then when they finally load).
- [WIP] Do this for child (asynchronous) processes too using POSIX queues
- [WIP] If the program doesn't make an X window then keep the terminal open.
Goal:
Instantly open your program inside X11 even before it loads, even if it invisible, so the window manager can tag it immediately on opening.
Swallow can be a full X11
When used to launch a GUI application from terminal it hides the terminal emulator from which the application was launched. The terminal will be restored after the launched application exits.
swallow application_name [arguments]
Use in a keyboard-based program launcher like dmenu_run, or in StumpWM etc. to instantly register launched programs in X.
git clone https://github.com/brownbishop/swallow
cd swallow
sudo(doas) make && make install
From the swallow directory run:
sudo make uninstall