thun - a script to launch thunar and resize it.

#! /bin/bash -x
echo " dollar-pound is $#"
if [ "$#" -gt "1" ]; then
	read -p "$* was interpreted as $# arguments. This script does not yet support multiple arguments although the actual thunar command will open multiple instances if given multiple arguments that are valid directory names. If a need to emulate this behaviour arises this script will need to be revised. [enter] to exit." # could make this a loop unil a single vaid argument was entered.
	exit
fi

if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
	PATH_DIR="$PWD"
fi

if [ "$#" = "1" ]; then
	PATH_DIR="$1"
fi

if [ !-d "$PATH_DIR" ]; then
	read -p "$PATH_DIR is not a directory."
	exit
fi

DIR="${PATH_DIR##*/}"

# Setting an initial condition for a variable that may be changed later. Logically it could be left undefined but this is easier to follow.
ARGUMENT_IS_SPECIAL_CASE=no

nohup thunar "$PATH_DIR" &
sleep 1

# The idea below is to make a good guess at the title of the thunar window just opened and wmctrl it into shape. It will work for all explicit full paths, including / which thunar's titling mechanism treats specially, and for ~/. It will fail for other arguments like ".", "..", "~/..", "~/../other_user/dir", etc. There is probably some way to get the actual directory name, just the simple filename without a path that will work even for these, which could make this more robust. But this will do since a failure to get the name right just means the window isn't quite where it should be, which can be corrected with a couple of clicks, this will cover most likely cases, and eventually somebody will fix the damn rc.xml anyway and this won't be needed.
if [ "$PATH_DIR" = "/" ]; then
	wmctrl -r "File System - File Manager" -e 0,0,60,1912,970
	ARGUMENT_IS_SPECIAL_CASE=yes
fi

if [ "$PATH_DIR" = "~/" ]; then
	wmctrl -r "$USER - File Manager" -e 0,0,60,1912,970
	ARGUMENT_IS_SPECIAL_CASE=yes
fi

if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
	wmctrl -r "${PWD##*/} - File Manager" -e 0,0,60,1912,970
	ARGUMENT_IS_SPECIAL_CASE=yes
fi

if [ "$ARGUMENT_IS_SPECIAL_CASE" = "no" ]; then
	wmctrl -r "$DIR - File Manager" -e 0,0,60,1912,970
fi


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