Move windows from unplugged screens to main window.

move-windows.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/665899/640314
"""
import subprocess

# get the resolution of the screen (+0+0)
res = [
    int(n) for n in [
        s.split("+")[0].split("x")\
        for s in subprocess.check_output(["xrandr"]).decode("utf-8").split()\
        if "+0+0" in s][0]
    ]
# create list of windows
w_list = [w.split() for w in subprocess.check_output(["wmctrl", "-lG"]).decode("utf-8").splitlines()]
# filter only "normal" ones
valid = [
    w for w in w_list if "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL" in\
    subprocess.check_output(["xprop", "-id", w[0]]).decode("utf-8")
    ]
# get the number of valid windows and calculate a targeted position
# the targeted position is a hunch, it will be exact if the window fits completely inside the resolution
# it will work anyway
parts = len(valid)+2
positions = [(int(n*res[0]/parts), int(n*res[1]/parts)) for n in list(range(parts))[1:-1]]
# unmaximaize, move the windows to the visible area (current workspace)
for i, w in enumerate(valid):
    subprocess.Popen(["wmctrl", "-ir", w[0], "-b", "remove,maximized_vert,remove,maximized_horz"])
    # weird, but sometimes wmctrl refuses to move a window if it is not resized first (?)
    subprocess.Popen(["wmctrl", "-ir", w[0], "-e", "0,200,200,200,200"])      
    subprocess.Popen(["wmctrl", "-ir", w[0], "-e", (",").join(["0", str(positions[i][0]), str(positions[i][1]),w[4],w[5]])])