I am trying to get the Aero Snap effect working on an Ubuntu 14.10 using Gnome Classic Metacity.
I found a command that works if I execute in on a terminal window:
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,`xwininfo -root | grep Width | awk '{ print (($2/2))}'`,`xwininfo -root | grep Height | awk '{ print $2 }'`
And I can run it with a sleep 1
to have time to switch to the window I want to resize:
sleep 1 && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,`xwininfo -root | grep Width | awk '{ print (($2/2))}'`,`xwininfo -root | grep Height | awk '{ print $2 }'`
It works well.
I can also run it as a bash script in my $HOME/bin/left.sh and $HOME/bin/right.sh, or shorter, Alt+F2 then $HOME/bin/aaa
for left and $HOME/bin/fff
for right. It also works on the active window behind the Alt+F2 menu.
Now I want to hook up this command to a keyboard shortcut. I tried:
System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts -> "Aero Left" - Super+Left
which I link to a /bin/bash /home/myusername/bin/aero_left.sh
with the command line above. But it has no effect. Again, running the bash command in a terminal window does work, but the keyboard shortcut does not.
In fact, not much happens for any of the Custom Shortcuts
I try to set up:
/usr/bin/mplayer /usr/share/aisleriot/sounds/splat.ogg
or
/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/mplayer /usr/share/aisleriot/sounds/splat.ogg"
and try to hook it to any kind of keyboard combination, it doesn't work…
UPDATE: I tried xbindkeys
and none of my examples are working. Still mesmerized as to why the Custom Shortcuts
do not do much. Looking forward to a solution.
[hpenvy15 ~] $ mkdir ~/bin ; ls -l -d1 ~/bin | wc -l
1
[hpenvy15 ~] $ cat > ~/bin/left.sh
#!/bin/bash
sleep 0.1 && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,`xwininfo -root | grep Width | awk '{ print (($2/2))}'`,`xwininfo -root | grep Height | awk '{ print $2 }'`
^C
[hpenvy15 ~] $ cat > ~/bin/right.sh
#!/bin/bash
sleep 0.1 && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,`xwininfo -root | grep Width | awk '{ print (($2/2)+5) ",0," (($2/2)) }'`,`xwininfo -root | grep Height | awk '{ print $2 }'`
^C
[hpenvy15 ~] $ sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xbindkeys is already the newest version.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
printf '"bash $HOME/bin/left.sh"\n Mod4+Super_L+Left\n' > ~/.xbindkeysrc
printf '"bash $HOME/bin/right.sh"\n Mod4+Super_L+Right\n' >> ~/.xbindkeysrc
xbindkeys
If I then type control+alt+b
I can hear a drum sound, but nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Best Answer
Here the steps:
#!/bin/bash
followed by your command given in the question.sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
Type:
Now, check out if it does work.
I hope it will work.