Control of X11 Windows

[Matthew Turk]

Hi there.  I've looked through PLWM, and Python-Xlib, but I can't seem
to find documentation that discusses this from the standpoint I'm
interested in.

I've got a large collection of media on my computer; most of them RM
files, or AVI's.  Anyway, what I'm interested in doing is spawning a
RealPlayer application instance, and controlling (maximizing it to the
size of the screen, or at least getting a handle on it.)

I want to be able to do this in python; I've got a GUI interface to my
archive in the works, and I'd rather not shell out to C or C++, mainly
because I'm pretty inexperienced with those languages.

I've gone through the PLWM code, and I think I've found how to do it -
but I don't want to change my WindowManager.  I want to be able to use
E (I can hear the gasps go up in the crowd as I admit this...  :) and
also manipulate my windows.  Is there a way I can grab the window?
Spawning it from within the Python-Xlib environment?  I can come up
with the code to manipulate it, I'm sure, I just need to know how to
"grab" it, per se.

Thanks!



mjt
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