src/scripts/findwindow.lua

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