dbus_minimize_display.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from gi.repository import Gio,Notify
import dbus
import sys
import os
import time
import subprocess

def get_dbus(bus_type,obj,path,interface,method,arg):
    # Reusable function for accessing dbus
    # This basically works the same as 
    # dbus-send or qdbus. Just give it
    # all the info, and it will spit out output
    if bus_type == "session":
        bus = dbus.SessionBus() 
    if bus_type == "system":
        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
    proxy = bus.get_object(obj,path)
    method = proxy.get_dbus_method(method,interface)
    return method(arg)

def run_sh(cmd):
    # run shell commands
    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    out = p.stdout.read().strip()
    return out



# Ayatana display numbers start at 0
# Assuming there's at least one display active
# We get window stack at least once,for display 0.
# To find out if there is more displays , we need
# to test if any window stack is reported for them
# Basically this code below is a do-while loop.
counter = 0
window_list = get_dbus('session', 'org.ayatana.bamf',\
                 '/org/ayatana/bamf/matcher',\
                 'org.ayatana.bamf.matcher','WindowStackForMonitor',counter ) 
monitors = []
while window_list :
    monitors.append(window_list)
    #print "___Monitor #",counter,"____"
    #print window_list
    counter+=1
    window_list = get_dbus('session', 'org.ayatana.bamf',\
                 '/org/ayatana/bamf/matcher',\
                 'org.ayatana.bamf.matcher','WindowStackForMonitor',counter ) 

print monitors


select_window = "xdotool selectwindow"

user_selection = run_sh(select_window)

count = 0
user_monitor = 0
for monitor in monitors:
    #print "MONITOR #",count,":"
    for window in monitor:
        # extract XID of each window
        # from the full path reported
        # by the window string
        if user_selection == window.split('/')[-1]:
           user_monitor = count
    #print
    count+=1

print "User selected window on monitor", user_monitor
#monitors.pop(user_monitor)
#for monitor in monitors:
for window in monitors[user_monitor]:
        run_sh(  "xdotool windowminimize " + window.split('/')[-1]   )



#print get_dbus('session', 'org.ayatana.bamf',\
#                 '/org/ayatana/bamf/matcher',\
#                 'org.ayatana.bamf.matcher','WindowPaths', None )