window resize script for XFCE (Xubuntu), depends on wmctrl

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import sys

titleHeight = 12

arg = sys.argv[1]

def get(command):
    return subprocess.check_output(["/bin/bash", "-c", command]).decode("utf-8")

def command(coords):
    return "wmctrl -ir "+frontmost+" -e 0,"+(",").join(coords)

def execute(command):
    subprocess.Popen(["/bin/bash", "-c", command])

xprop_data = get("xprop -root").split()
w_id = xprop_data[xprop_data.index("_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW):")+4].replace(",", "")
frontmost = w_id[:2]+"0"+w_id[2:]

w_data = [l for l in get("wmctrl -lG").splitlines() if frontmost in l][0].split()
old_G = w_data[2:6]
new_G = ["-1", "-1", "-1", "-1"]

execute("wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz")

if "left" in arg:
    execute(command([
                new_G[0],
                new_G[1],
                str(int(int(old_G[2])/2)),
                new_G[3]
    ]))
if "right" in arg:
    execute(command([
                str(int(int(old_G[0])+int(old_G[2])/2)),
                new_G[1],
                str(int(int(old_G[2])/2)),
                new_G[3]
    ]))
if "up" in arg:
    execute(command([
                new_G[0],
                new_G[1],
                new_G[2],
                str(int(int(old_G[3])/2) - titleHeight - 1)
    ]))
if "down" in arg:
    execute(command([
                new_G[0],
                str(int(int(old_G[1]) + int(old_G[3])/2) - titleHeight),
                new_G[2],
                str(int(int(old_G[3])/2) - titleHeight - 1)
    ]))