wmii [Uzbl Wiki]

intro

wmi should be emwh compatible (after 3.6 release), so tools like wmctrl should work. But wmii is very scriptable through it's virtual FS, so lets use that

Since wmii does not have a tabbed layout, you can use the stacked layout. but the stacked layout is not perfect (e.g. there can be window titles above *and* below the focused window) Alternatively, you can use the maximized mode and use the script below to go to other uzbl instances

instance changing

A more up to date version can be found @ http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl/blob/experimental/examples/data/uzbl/scripts/instance-select-wmii.sh

#!/bin/sh
 
# This script allows you to focus another uzbl window
# It considers all uzbl windows in the current tag
# you can select one from a list, or go to the next/previous one
# It does not change the layout (stacked/tiled/floating) nor does it
# changes the size or viewing mode of a uzbl window
# When your current uzbl window is maximized, the one you change to 
# will be maximized as well.
# See http://www.uzbl.org/wiki/wmii for more info
# $1 must be one of 'list', 'next', 'prev'
 
COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030"
 
if dmenu --help 2>&1 | grep -q '\[-rs\] \[-ni\] \[-nl\] \[-xs\]'
then
        DMENU="dmenu -i -xs -rs -l 10" # vertical patch
else
        DMENU="dmenu -i"
fi
 
if [ "$1" == 'list' ]
then
        list=
        # get window id's of uzbl clients. we could also get the label in one shot but it's pretty tricky
        for i in $(wmiir read /tag/sel/index | grep uzbl |cut -d ' ' -f2)
        do
                label=$(wmiir read /client/$i/label)
                list="$list$i : $label\n"
        done
        window=$(echo -e "$list" | $DMENU $COLORS | cut -d ' ' -f1)
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl "select client $window"
elif [ "$1" == 'next' ]
then
        current=$(wmiir read /client/sel/ctl | head -n 1)
        # find the next uzbl window and focus it
        next=$(wmiir read /tag/sel/index | grep -A 10000 " $current " | grep -m 1 uzbl | cut -d ' ' -f2)
        if [ x"$next" != "x" ]
        then
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl "select client $next"
        fi
elif [ "$1" == 'prev' ]
then
        current=$(wmiir read /client/sel/ctl | head -n 1)
        prev=$(wmiir read /tag/sel/index | grep -B 10000 " $current " | tac | grep -m 1 uzbl | cut -d ' ' -f2)
        if [ x"$prev" != "x" ]
        then
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl "select client $prev"
        fi
else
        echo "\$1 not valid" >&2
        exit 2
fi

opening new windows

unfortunately, I know of no way yet to open new uzbl instances “in the background” (i.e. without focusing them)