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Monthly Archives January 2010

Create no frills pictures slideshow

I have a few hundred pictures of various sizes, which I want to convert into a slideshow movie. What is a fast, no frills way to do this?

Posted 25 January 2010 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Find window ID of a process ID in BASH script

Question
In a BASH script, I launched an application and use “$!” variable to grab it’s process ID. I would like to perform some action on the application’s main window (e.g. move or resize it). However, this requires knowing the application’s window ID. How do I find the application’s window ID, using only [...]

Posted 18 January 2010 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,