src/scripts/findwindow.lua

   1 function find_window(name)
   2   if name ~= nil then
   3     find_window_internal(name)
   4   else
   5     screen.input("window to find:", find_window_internal)
   6   end
   7 end
   8
   9 function find_window_internal(name)
  10   display = screen.display()
  11   canvases = display:get_canvases()
  12   for i, c in pairs(canvases) do
  13     w = c.window
  14     if w ~= nil and (w.title == name or tostring(w.number) == name) then c:select() return end
  15   end
  16
  17   -- Try partial matches, just like 'select'
  18   for i, c in pairs(canvases) do
  19     w = c.window
  20     if w ~= nil and w.title:sub(1, name:len()) == name then c:select() return end
  21   end
  22
  23   -- We didn't find the desired window in any canvas
  24   -- So switch to the window in the current canvas instead
  25   screen.command("select " .. name)
  26 end
  27