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Linux/X11 script to refresh a browser window that is rendering a local HTML file. You could append it to a build command or pair it with inotifywait.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| if [ ! "$1" ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: html-refresh <html file>" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| title="$(xmllint --html "$1" --xpath "//html/head/title/text()" \ | |
| | perl -MHTML::Entities -pe 'decode_entities($_);')" | |
| # Switch workspace, if necessary | |
| html_workspace=$(wmctrl -l | grep -F "$title" | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}') | |
| if [ ! -z "$html_workspace" ] && [ "$html_workspace" != "$(wmctrl -d | awk '{if($2=="*") print $1}')" ]; then | |
| wmctrl -s "$html_workspace" | |
| # Wait for the desktop to actually switch. Better way? | |
| sleep 0.1 | |
| fi | |
| # Send F5 | |
| # Disabled because xdotool's search interprets `name` as a regex, leading to | |
| # trouble with special characters in the HTML's title (see xdotool issue #183) | |
| # xdotool search --onlyvisible --name "$title" windowactivate --sync key "F5" \ | |
| # windowactivate $(xdotool getactivewindow) | |
| # Alternative hybrid wmctrl-xdotool approach | |
| ID=$(wmctrl -l | grep -F "$title" | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1) | |
| xdotool windowactivate --sync "$ID" key "F5" \ | |
| windowactivate $(xdotool getactivewindow) | |
| ([ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "Refresh: success") || echo "Refresh: fail" |
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