Xbringup – Brings up last used windows via the keyboard quickly

Activate last used windows easily with this bash script. Here's how it works:

• If no window of the app exist, execute a custom command ie. launch the app.
• If only one instance of the app exist and it's currently active, minimize it.
• If one or more instances of the app exist, activate the last used window.

Installation

Prerequisites

Xbringup requires a EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager that manages _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW and _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING properties. Most window managers support these by default.

Xbringup uses two existing automation tools created for the X server, xdotool and wmctrl to activate, query and minimize X windows.

sudo apt install xdotool wmctrl

Cloning the repository

git clone https://github.com/jdqo/xbringup.git ~/xbringup.git

Usage

./xbringup -h
# Usage: xbringup [-h] WM_CLASS CMD ...
#
#   Xbringup – Brings up last used WM_CLASS or alternatively execs the given CMD.
#
# Options:
#   -h,                   Show this message and exit.
#
# Arguments:
#   WM_CLASS,             Bring up last used given WM_CLASS, if only one instance
#                         exists and it's currently active, minimize it.
#   CMD,                  Executes the command if no given WM_CLASS was found.
#
# Examples:
#   xbringup "Navigator.firefox" "firefox"
#   xbringup "Sandboxed.firefox" "xdg-open /home/foobar/Desktop/sandbox.desktop"

License

Distributed under the AGPLv3 License. See LICENSE for more information.