Re: Emacs into focus

[Ian Swainson]

On Thursday 07 August 2008 at 05:36 PM, Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Can someone recommend the best way to have emacs come to the foreground
> on a Linux desktop?

I use wmctrl with a little script that I bind to a key combination which
either brings the app to the foreground or starts it if it is not running:

#!/bin/sh

###

# Switch to a screen or do something

###

if ! wmctrl -a $1; then $2; fi

I save this as switchto and then:

switchto "Mozilla Firefox" "firefox"

Perhaps wmctrl could be used in the same way for emacs?

Cheers,
ian

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Ian Swainson

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