#!/usr/bin/python
#
# This script should be linked to a keyboard shortcut. Under gnome,
# you can do this from the main preferences menu, or directly execute
# "gnome-keybinding-properties"
#
# Make the script executable. Install it somewhere in the executable
# path ("echo $PATH" to check what's in there), and then just enter
# its name as the action to perform, or copy it anywhere and copy the
# full path as the action.
import gtk
import wnck
import os
import sys
def main():
# We try to establish a timestamp for the calls to activate(), but
# usually fail (the event_peek() calls return None).
#
# Try to find a nice default value. The x server timestamp is
# millisecond from last reset, it wraps around in 49 days, half
# the space is set aside for the past So a value just below 2**31
# should be most recent if the server is not too old?
# The right way to do this would probably be to create an unmapped
# window and arrange to receive some real event.
timestamp = 2**31 - 1
screen = wnck.screen_get_default()
while gtk.events_pending():
event = gtk.gdk.event_peek()
if event != None and event.get_time() != 0:
timestamp = event.get_time()
gtk.main_iteration()
recollMain = ""
recollwins = [];
for window in screen.get_windows():
if window.get_class_group().get_name() == "Recoll":
# print "win name: [%s], class: [%s]" % \
# (window.get_name(), window.get_class_group().get_name())
if window.get_name() == "Recoll":
recollMain = window
recollwins.append(window)
if not recollMain:
os.system("recoll&")
sys.exit(0)
# Check the main window state, and either activate or minimize all
workspace = screen.get_active_workspace()
if not recollMain.is_visible_on_workspace(workspace):
for win in recollwins:
win.move_to_workspace(workspace)
win.activate(timestamp)
else:
for win in recollwins:
win.minimize()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()