Starting wine virtual desktop minimized

[Austin English]

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!

[Alexandre Julliard]

Austin English  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.

[Austin English]

On Jan 2, 2017 9:46 AM, "Alexandre Julliard"  wrote:

Austin English  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
[e-mail]

Thanks. I was looking for something scriptable. I am mostly concerned about
winetricks-test and CMD windows, less so with winetest.

[Alexandre Julliard]

Austin English  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

[Austin English]

On Jan 2, 2017 11:13 AM, "Alexandre Julliard"  wrote:

Austin English  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
[e-mail]

Perfect, thanks Alexandre!