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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. #if [ ! -n "$(pgrep bobHelpnotes)" ]; then echo "already running"; exit 1; fi
  3. mkdir -p ~/Helpnotes || exit 1
  4. [ -d ~/.config/Helpnotes ] || mkdir -p ~/.config/Helpnotes
  5. touch ~/.config/Helpnotes/ignored_items.txt || exit 1
  6. ### NOTE: no harm if the blacklist file contains inline working notes
  7. ### (annotation lines will never exactly match a window titlestring or process name, eh)
  8.  
  9. generate_blacklist_arr() { #TODO declare -A, and map
  10. ### advisable to also USENEVER the name of the tabbed helpviewer app
  11. usenever=(File Search Replace Open Save SaveAs 'Save As' 'Open As' 'Confirm Delete' \
  12. 'Create New File' Find 'Move Folder' 'Preferences' Question yad Untitled untitled \
  13. Unnamed unnamed '(Unnamed)' '(unnamed)' 'Choose Font' gExec 'Run Program')
  14. readarray -t ignored < ~/.config/Helpnotes/ignored_items.txt
  15. thelist=("${usenever[@]}" "${ignored[@]}")
  16. #echo ${thelist[@]} ### for debugging
  17. }
  18.  
  19. addtoblacklist_and_reload() {
  20. ### this fn would be called if user has, via yad dialog, elected to ignore an item
  21. echo "$now_win" >> ~/.config/Helpnotes/ignored_titles.txt
  22. exec "./bobHelpnotes" # new program instance restarts, occupying the same PID, and re-pasrses the blacklist
  23. }
  24.  
  25.  
  26. ### NOT DYNAMICALLY FILLING-IN-THE BLANK B/C THE TITLETEXT MAY BE LOOOOOONG
  27. hepmetxt=" context-sensitive help is active, but no note exists yet for ______
  28.  
  29. Below, you can copy the titletext of the ______ window
  30. and paste it as the name of a new cherrytree node.
  31.  
  32.  
  33. tip: to dismiss this dialog, you can ESC or click outside the dialogbox"
  34. trainingmode_ask() {
  35. sez=$(yad --center --on-top --width=620 --close-on-unfocus --button="OK" --title="scusa" --text="$hepmetxt" \
  36. --entry --entry-text="$now_win") ### backgrounding it causes a runaway OOM
  37. ### NOTED: The "--fullscreen" and "--maximize" args are not entirely effective, and are annoying.
  38. ### The "close-on-unfocus" option is a godsend, IMO.
  39. echo $sez
  40. # pseudocode: if return value from the yad call is blah, then do zippity
  41.  
  42. ### If we are passing a FILEname string (vs a NODEname, passed to cherrytree), might be
  43. ### advisable (or necessary) to preface the call with "touch ~/bobHelpnotes/$notename &&"
  44. ### ========================
  45. ### BUT DURING DEBUGGING, UNTIL WE HAVE CREATED A WELL-POPULATED A BLACKLIST
  46. ### AND/OR SETUP "VALIDATION" RULES TO IGNORE e.g. pythonic endswith(' - Mozilla Firefox')
  47. ### THE touch WOULD RESULT IN A HELLUVA LOT OF UNWANTED JUNK FILES.
  48. # touch ~/Helpnotes/$notename && mousepad ~/Helpnotes/${notename}& disown
  49. }
  50.  
  51. generate_blacklist_arr
  52. oldwin=""
  53. xprop -spy -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | while read -r zig; do
  54. ### NOTED: a "goto workspace NN" event generates a change event.
  55. ### closure of a transient (e.g "Find" dialog) window generates an event.
  56. ### lxterminal: Use of NewWindow command spawns a window titled "Unnamed" yet does NOT generate an event.
  57. ### When switching focus between the original and the "Unnamed", no event is detected.
  58. now_win="$(xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowname)" # window titletext
  59.  
  60. if [ "$now_win" != "$oldwin" ]; then
  61. shallreject=0
  62. for item in "${thelist[@]}"; do
  63. [[ $now_win == "$item" ]] && $shallreject=1
  64. done
  65. [ ! -n shallreject ] && continue # blech
  66.  
  67. ### sanitize (validate, normalize) the titletext string
  68. # ### trim leading // trailing space n tab chars + reduce each whitespace substring to a single space
  69. notename=$(echo "$now_win"|awk '{$1=$1};1')
  70. ### convert punctuation chars
  71. notename=${notename//[^-_a-zA-Z0-9.]/_}
  72.  
  73. #trainingmode_ask ### WIP not yet implemented
  74.  
  75. ### get the PROCESS NAME associated with the currently-focused window
  76. echo -e "current processname: $(cat /proc/$(xdotool getwindowpid $(xdotool getwindowfocus))/comm)"
  77.  
  78. oldwin="$now_win"
  79. echo -e " raw window title: $now_win"
  80. echo -e " sanitized notefile namestring: ~/Helpnotes/$notename"
  81. fi ### The echo lines are useful FOR DEBUGGING
  82. done
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