Re: Application for finding all Windows

[Udayan Singh <udayan singh tcs com>]

"Vivien Malerba" <vmalerba gmail com> wrote on 02/21/2007 08:33:52 PM:

> On 2/21/07, Udayan Singh <udayan singh tcs com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to develop an application where I can get a list of all the 
windows
> > that are open in the GNOME Screen and find any activity being 
performed on
> > any other window on the GUI screen (and not only my application) e.g.
> > mouse click on window of another application sends me a signal.
> >
> > Any pointers of how I can go about doing the same ??
>
> I've never done this, but I would start by looking how to interract
> with the window manager using ICCCM and/or Extended Window Manager
> Hints (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fwm_2dspec).

thanks for the same, would look into it.. on second thoughts, would dbus 
be useful in the above mentioned scenario?

tia,
us

> Regards,
>
> Vivien

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