x-windows v1.0.0

X-WINDOWS

This module has the sole purpose of returning the info about x11 windows.

This can be useful if you want to identify which program is running on the screen coords x, y; find a program by its name or window title, etc.

requirements

Makes use of the xwininfo utility.
Tested on Ubuntu Linux. Please give feedback on other SOs!

TODO

what are one and two? what the hell does the geo2 part mean? when tree option is falsy, should add parentId attribute to windows

usage

var xWindows = require('x-windows');

xWindows({tree:true});

// RETURNS SOMETHING LIKE:
{
  children: [
    {
      "id": 1231,
      "title": "window title 1",
      "one": "",
      "two": "",
      "size": [200, 150],
      "pos": [0, 0],
      "geo2": [10, 10],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1232,
      "title": "window title 2",
      "one": "app2",
      "two": "app2",
      "size": [200, 150],
      "pos": [200, 0],
      "geo2": [10, 10],
      "children": [
        {
          "id": 1233,
          "title": "window title 3",
          "one": "",
          "two": "",
          "size": [400, 200],
          "pos": [200, 0],
          "geo2": [10, 10],
          "children": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}