echarlie / herbstluftwm-scripts

Set of scripts for herbstluftwm

Herbstluftwm scripts

This is a collection of scripts I've made, to simplify my life using herbstluftwm (https://herbstluftwm.org).

Scripts thus far

• free-tag.sh -- find the first free tag based on the output of herbstclient attr tags.by-name.. Not very robust, and assumes tags are numeric
• select-window.sh -- uses dmenu prompt to select a window. Ideally this would be very cwm-like, but it isn't very user-friendly, yet.

Example usage

Jump to a window, searched by name:

herbstclient jumpto `select-window.sh`

Jump to next free tag:

herbstclient use_index `free-tag.sh`

Unfortunately, you can't use these to easily move a selected (non-focused) window to, say, the next free tag, as move_index doesn't take a WINID. That requires something like:

herbstclient chain .,. jumpto `select-window.sh` .,. move_index `free-tag.sh` .,. use_previous

(note, it may be desireable to add some lock commands in there too)

Another useful example

herbstclient load `free-tag.sh` "`herbstclient dump`"

This moves the current layout (and associated windows) to the next free tag.

Links

• http://thedarnedestthing.com/herbstluftwm
  • This (with 3 companion posts) is my favourite demonstration of the power of scripting herbst.