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simple X window tracker application
/* Found here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1551884#p1551884
By user Trilby
Compile with `gcc -o track track.c -lX11`, and consider putting into .xinitrc
like `track >> window.log`
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
/*This grabs XEvents, gets the window title and prints it with timestamp*/
int main() {
Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay(0x0);
XSelectInput(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), FocusChangeMask);
Window win;
int ignore;
char *title;
XEvent ev;
while (!XNextEvent(dpy,&ev)) {
XGetInputFocus(dpy, &win, &ignore);
if (XFetchName(dpy, win, &title)) {
printf("%d\t%s\n", time(NULL), title);
XFree(title);
}
}
return 0;
}
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