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#!/bin/bash
# Simulate Aero-Snap (for one monitor).
#
# The xdpyinfo command which is used actually returns [width]x[height],
# but because of the division by 2 it only returns one value, which is
# half the width of the screen.

function snap()
{
    #get screen width and divide it by two
    HALFSCREEN=`xdpyinfo | grep dimension | awk '{ print $2 / 2 }'`
    case $1 in
        R)  #place window on right half of screen
            X=$HALFSCREEN
            W=$HALFSCREEN
            ;;
        L)   #place window on left half of screen
            X=0
            W=$HALFSCREEN
            ;;
        FST)    # toggle fullscreen
            wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
            exit 1
            ;;
    Q) # remove all efects
       wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
       exit 1
       ;;    
        *)
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac

    wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$X,0,$W,-1
    wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert
}

snap $1

# Aero snap
Mod1 Left :Exec snap.sh L
Mod1 Right :Exec snap.sh R
Mod1 Up :Exec snap.sh FST
Mod1 Down :Exec snap.sh Q