def get_window_name(window: Window) -> str:
""" After some annoying debugging I resorted to pretty much copying selfspy.
Source: https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/blob/8a34597f81000b3a1be12f8cde092a40604e49cf/selfspy/sniff_x.py#L165 """
d = window.get_full_property(NET_WM_NAME, UTF8_STRING)
if d is None or d.format != 8:
# Fallback.
r = window.get_wm_name()
if type(r) == str:
return r
else:
logger.warning(
"I don't think this case will ever happen, but not sure so leaving this message here just in case."
)
return r.decode('latin1') # WM_NAME with type=STRING.
else:
# Fixing utf8 issue on Ubuntu (https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/issues/133)
# Thanks to https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/issues/133#issuecomment-142943681
try:
return d.value.decode('utf8')
except UnicodeError:
logger.warning(
"Failed to decode one or more characters which will be skipped, bytes are: {}"
.format(d.value))
if isinstance(d.value, bytes):
return d.value.decode('utf8', 'ignore')
else:
return d.value.encode('utf8').decode('utf8', 'ignore')
def get_window_name(window: Window) -> str:
""" After some annoying debugging I resorted to pretty much copying selfspy.
Source: https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/blob/8a34597f81000b3a1be12f8cde092a40604e49cf/selfspy/sniff_x.py#L165 """
try:
d = window.get_full_property(NET_WM_NAME, UTF8_STRING)
except Xlib.error.XError as e:
logger.warning("Unable to get window property NET_WM_NAME, got a {} exception from Xlib".format(type(e).__name__))
# I strongly suspect window.get_wm_name() will also fail and we should return "unknown" right away.
# But I don't know, so I pass the thing on, for now.
d = None
if d is None or d.format != 8:
# Fallback.
r = window.get_wm_name()
if type(r) == str:
return r
else:
logger.warning("I don't think this case will ever happen, but not sure so leaving this message here just in case.")
return r.decode('latin1') # WM_NAME with type=STRING.
else:
# Fixing utf8 issue on Ubuntu (https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/issues/133)
# Thanks to https://github.com/gurgeh/selfspy/issues/133#issuecomment-142943681
try:
return d.value.decode('utf8')
except UnicodeError:
logger.warning("Failed to decode one or more characters which will be skipped, bytes are: {}".format(d.value))
if isinstance(d.value, bytes):
return d.value.decode('utf8', 'ignore')
else:
return d.value.encode('utf8').decode('utf8', 'ignore')
def find_window(name: str, window: Window) -> Optional[Window]:
"""Recursively locate a window with name `name` in the tree, starting at `window`."""
if window.get_wm_name() == name:
return window
children = window.query_tree().children
for child in children:
val = find_window(name, child)
if val:
return val