Pete's Linux Advent Calendar 2008

The 11th day

Open a URL in an existing Konqueror Window

Working with KDE? With DCOP it is possible to manipulate KDE Applications. To open a URL in a Konqueror window from the command line you could use this script:

#!/bin/bash

getwinid() {
	xwininfo | sed -n 's/xwininfo: Window id: 0x\([0-9a-f]*\).*/\1/p'
}

dec2hex() {
	printf "%x\n" "$1"
}

openurl() {
	local konq="$1" url="$2"
	dcop "$konq" "konqueror-mainwindow#1" openURL "$url"
}

getKonquerorWithId() {
	local id="$1" konqid
	for k in $(dcop | grep "^konqueror-"); do
		konqid=$(dcop "$k" "konqueror-mainwindow#1" getWinID)
		konqid=$(dec2hex "$konqid")
		if [ "$konqid" = "$id" ]; then
			echo "$k"
			break
		fi
	done
}

konqid=$( getKonquerorWithId $(getwinid) )

openurl "$konqid" "$1"

If you run this script with the url to open as the only argument your mouse pointer will form a cross and you only have to click in the window. It assumes that the program xwininfo(1) is installed.

Pete's Linux Advent Calendar 2008

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