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Can't get for_window to work with Audacious

asked 2013-05-08 18:36:16 +0000

Matthew
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I'm trying to have Audacious float when opened, however it doesn't.

Here's what I have in my config:

for_window [class="audacious"] floating enable

I think it might be because the window title has the current song before it followed by Audacious, so maybe I just need a wildcard character?

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answered 2013-05-08 20:05:22 +0000

vandannen
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Make sure that you match the correct class for the specified program. You can use xprop in order to check for the properties of a window.

As specified in the user guide: "class: Compares the window class (the second part of WM_CLASS)". So, in this case, you need to use capital letters or match case-insensitive:

for_window [class="Audacious"] floating enable
or
for_window [class="(?i)audacious"] floating enable

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Thanks, it was case sensitive! Didn't realize that.

Matthew ( 2013-05-08 20:10:00 +0000 )edit

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