Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: getactivewindow-x
Version: 0.3.0
Summary: Separate component to get information on the active window in X.
Home-page: https://github.com/user202729/getactivewindow-x
Author: user202729
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Environment :: Plugins
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: python-xlib (~=0.29)
Requires-Dist: ewmh (~=0.1.6)

# getactivewindow-x

# Deprecated

maybe use `pywinctl` instead or one of the solutions in https://stackoverflow.com/q/10266281/5267751

See also https://github.com/Kalmat/PyWinCtl/issues/64

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Separate component to get information on the active window in X.


### Why?

In an attempt to be portable between operating systems.

The user can install another package that provides the same interface.

### Internal details

There's another branch [user202729/getactivewindow-x at spawn-xdotool-xprop-process](https://github.com/user202729/getactivewindow-x/tree/spawn-xdotool-xprop-process)
that uses subprocess, `xdotool` and `xprop`.

### API

Currently there are only these functions.

```python
def active_window_id()->WindowID:
def window_name(window_id: WindowID)->str:
def window_class(window_id: WindowID)->tuple[str, ...]:
```

The window name should not (but may) change if the window ID is constant.

Packages should not rely on `WindowID` type being `int`.
