python-libxdo?

[MRAB]

On 2017-02-28 04:07, Jim wrote:
> I found this module by accident the other day and decided to try to use
> it to position some windows on my desktop.
>
> # Script to open and position program windows
>
> import subprocess
> from xdo import Xdo
>
> xdo = Xdo()
>
> subprocess.call('firefox')
> win = xdo.search_windows(winname = 'Mozilla Firefox')
> xdo.move_window(win, 14, 83)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/home/jfb/MyProgs/Scripts/place_windows.py", line 9, in <module>
>      win = xdo.search_windows(winname = 'Mozilla Firefox')
>    File "/home/jfb/EVs/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/xdo/__init__.py",
> line 708, in search_windows
>      search.winname = winname
> TypeError: bytes or integer address expected instead of str instance
>
> I couldn't find any examples on line, so what do I need to give to
> search_windows so I can pass a window id to move_window?
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>
It looks like there are some docs here:

https://rshk.github.io/python-libxdo/index.html