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How do I detect when a terminal gets focus in Linux?
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I want to be able to time how long I spend in front of a terminal. I'm thinking the best way will be to have some sort of timer that starts and stops when the terminal gains/loses focus. And it will have to work with multiple terminals... Any ideas? I'm using GNOME.
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If your terminal shell has easy access to its own X window ID, you're probably doing something wrong! They have nothing to do with each other - e.g. you could (and should) be running long jobs inside which could in theory be outputting to any number…
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