Starting wine virtual desktop minimized
Howdy, I'm looking for a way to start a virtual desktop and have it be minimized, similar to: wine start /min notepad But for the desktop itself. My goal is to be able to run winetest/winetricks-test/etc. with minimal graphical interface if I'm using the machine myself. Thanks and happy new year!
Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> writes:
Howdy,
I'm looking for a way to start a virtual desktop and have it be minimized, similar to: wine start /min notepad
But for the desktop itself. My goal is to be able to run winetest/winetricks-test/etc. with minimal graphical interface if I'm using the machine myself.
Your window manager probably has an option for this, otherwise you should be able to use xdotool once the window is created. I expect that a number of tests will fail in minimized mode though. -- Alexandre Julliard julliard(a)winehq.org
On Jan 2, 2017 9:46 AM, "Alexandre Julliard" <julliard(a)winehq.org> wrote: Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> writes:
Howdy,
I'm looking for a way to start a virtual desktop and have it be minimized, similar to: wine start /min notepad
But for the desktop itself. My goal is to be able to run winetest/winetricks-test/etc. with minimal graphical interface if I'm using the machine myself.
Your window manager probably has an option for this, otherwise you should be able to use xdotool once the window is created. I expect that a number of tests will fail in minimized mode though. -- Alexandre Julliard julliard(a)winehq.org Thanks. I was looking for something scriptable. I am mostly concerned about winetricks-test and CMD windows, less so with winetest.
Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> writes:
Thanks. I was looking for something scriptable. I am mostly concerned about winetricks-test and CMD windows, less so with winetest.
It may not be the most elegant way, but it's definitely scriptable: ./wine explorer /desktop=foo notepad & sleep 1 xdotool search --name "foo - Wine desktop" windowminimize -- Alexandre Julliard julliard(a)winehq.org
On Jan 2, 2017 11:13 AM, "Alexandre Julliard" <julliard(a)winehq.org> wrote: Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> writes:
Thanks. I was looking for something scriptable. I am mostly concerned about winetricks-test and CMD windows, less so with winetest.
It may not be the most elegant way, but it's definitely scriptable: ./wine explorer /desktop=foo notepad & sleep 1 xdotool search --name "foo - Wine desktop" windowminimize -- Alexandre Julliard julliard(a)winehq.org Perfect, thanks Alexandre!
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