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Bug 731603 - Retrieving list of windows with i3/xmonad/dwm
Retrieving list of windows with i3/xmonad/dwm
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: libwnck
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: libwnck maintainers
libwnck maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-06-13 06:53 UTC by stefan
Modified: 2018-01-24 13:51 UTC
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Description stefan 2014-06-13 06:53:28 UTC 
When I try to get a list of windows using the python bindings of libwnck, it works for some window managers, but not for others.

Steps to reproduce:
Using the python2 interpreter:

import wnck
root = wnck.screen_get_default()
root.get_windows()

Expected result: 
Nonempty list of windows

Actual result: 
A nonempty list of windows using gnome or awesome, but an empty list using i3, dwm or xmonad.

I am using arch linux and have the packages libwnck2.30.7-1 and python2-wnck 2.32.0-15 installed.
Comment 1 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-01-24 13:51:59 UTC 
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