From ead7d8ff5fffc161da4f21db860b92bcc3d144c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Latent Prion <LatentPrion@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:24:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add findxwindow script

---
 .gitignore          |  2 +-
 scripts/findxwindow | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/findxwindow

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a01e89c..fe8aca3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache/
 config.h.in
 configure
-
+*.swp
diff --git a/scripts/findxwindow b/scripts/findxwindow
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1eb64db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/findxwindow
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#! /usr/bin/bash
+
+winNameToFind=${1}
+
+printUsage()
+{
+	echo "${0}: <STRING:windowNameToFind>"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if [ "${winNameToFind}x" = "x" ]; then
+	printUsage
+fi
+
+extractAllChildIdsFrom()
+{
+	echo $(echo "${1}" \
+		| grep '^[[:space:]]*0x[0-9a-zA-Z]' \
+		| awk '{print $1}')
+	return 0
+}
+
+searchOneParentByName()
+{
+	local thisWinId=$1
+	local winNameToFind=$2
+
+	local thisWininfoStdout=$(xwininfo -id "${thisWinId}")
+	local thisWinName=$(echo "${thisWininfoStdout}" \
+		| grep '[Ww]indow[[:space:]]*[iI][dD]' \
+		| grep -oP '[0-9a-zA-Z]*[[:space:]]*\".*\"$' \
+		| sed 's/[0-9a-zA-Z]*[[:space:]]*//')
+	echo "Searching win [ID=${thisWinId}, name=\"${thisWinName}\"] and its children..."
+	if echo "${thisWinName}" | grep -q "${winNameToFind}"; then
+		echo "${thisWininfoStdout}"
+#		return 0
+	fi
+
+	local allChildrenUnparsedOutput=$(xwininfo -id "${thisWinId}" -children)
+	for i in $(extractAllChildIdsFrom "${allChildrenUnparsedOutput}");
+	do
+		searchOneParentByName "${i}" "${winNameToFind}"
+	done
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+rootChildWindowOutput=$(xwininfo -root -children)
+for i in $(extractAllChildIdsFrom "${rootChildWindowOutput}");
+do
+	searchOneParentByName "${i}" "${winNameToFind}"
+done
+
+exit 1