xtk::wm

JayBy 2016-05-30

This package provides extended wm procedures ...

• A screen layout for multiple displays with xinerama and a procedure for a user defined screen layout as a fallback for other systems, which is saved in the array '::xtk::wm::Screen'.
• Calculation of a given anchor position (n,w,e,s,c) on the current/given screen.
• A procedure to move windows without decorations.

On X11 it tries to use xdpyinfo for screen layout and xwininfo for the window decoration, which falls back to a tcl-only solution. A 'windows' solution is planned for next version.

The anchor position takes no care of the toolbars.

Download

xtk_wm-0.1.zip

Usage

package require xtk::wm ?0.1?

COMMANDS

::xtk::wm::setScreens <ArrayName>

With this proc you can import a handy written global array into the namespace variable. The array must have indexed keys and contain a list of values list X Y W H. Example:
ArrayName(0) list 0 0 2240 768 # Whole screen
ArrayName(1) list 0 0 960 768 # First screen
ArrayName(2) list 960 0 1280 768 # Second screen
This will be read into the namespace array '::xtk::wm::Screen'. The Screen 0 for the whole screen will be set automatically with the command 'wm screenwidth/screenheight', but can be overridden by the user.

::xtk::wm::splash

Creates a small splash screen with a tcl image. This is used to get the global decoration settings, but is not needed anymore. It's a toplevel named '.splash' and returns a list of borderwidth, which is saved in the array 'Border' with the names Left ,Top ,Right ,Bottom.
If you use it, you can close it with 'destroy .splash'

::xtk::wm::anchor <Win> ?args?

Sets <Win> to the position of given anchor. <args> are:
-a|-anchor <Anchor>
Anchor is one ore more of nswec. An anchor like 'we' would maximize the window horizontal.
-g|-geometry <Geometry>
Classic geometry string (WxH+X+Y), but only W and H are used.
-s|-screen <Nr>
Defines the screen, where the anchor position will be calculated. If given, but no anchor, anchor defaults to c. <Nr> can also be 'c' to define the current screen.
Hint: Depending of the environment, it's recommended to first deiconify before using the 'anchor' command.

::xtk::wm::move <Win> <X> <Y>

Uses <Win> to move the toplevel window.
Example to use the menubar to move the toplevel:

bind <Menubar> <B1-Motion> {
    ::xtk::wm::move %W %X %Y
}

HELPERS

Helpers are used automatically, and should not used by the programmers!?

::xtk::wm::getScreens

Tries to read the xinerama settings to get the screen layout.

::xtk::wm::getCurScreens list x y

Get the current screen, where the pointer is.

::xtk::wm::decor <Win>

Calculates the window decoration of <Win> and is used automatically by the 'anchor' proc. Returns a list with Left-, Top-, Right-, Bottom-Border.

VARIABLES

::xtk::wm::Screen

Array with the screen layout. See 'setScreens'.