#!/bin/bash

# drawTerm

# needs: slop, urxvt, wmctrl, xdotool

# brex 2018

# license: WTFPL – Do What the **** You Want to Public License

sleep="0.1"
name="term$RANDOM"

set -x

read -r x y w h < <(slop -c 0.5,0.8,0.5,0.8 -f "%x %y %w %h")

# Try two times, 
# 1st using 'name' and wmctrl (this is really fast when it works)
# 2nd using 'pid' and xdotool (this should 'always' work)

urxvt -title "$name" & 
somepid="$!" 
sleep "$sleep"

(echo "one" && wmctrl -r "$name" -e 0,"$x","$y","$w","$h") || \
(echo "two" && xdotool search --sync --pid "$somepid" windowactivate windowsize "$w" "$h" windowmove "$x" "$y")