Checking for running apps in X

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

"Derek D. Martin" <ddm at mclinux.com> writes:

> feature built in.  I don't believe there is a command-line method for
> doing either operation to any generic application, though some WMs may
> have built-in functions that might let you do it.  But you'd probably
> need to get the window ID of the program, and the only way I know of
> to do that is interactively (with xwininfo).

Brian Medley pointed me to xlsclient, which (with the -l option) gives me 
the
window ID. That's half the solution right there. Now all I need is a way to
signal that window ID to deiconify and raise itself.


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