Script to simplify getting ManageHook information from a window

scripts/window-properties.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Script to print common window properties in ManageHook format,
+# via xprop.  All xprop options may be used, although anything other
+# than -display, -id, and -name is probably a bad idea.
+#
+# Written and placed into the public domain by Brandon S Allbery
+# KF8NH <allbery.b@gmail.com>
+#
+
+exec xprop -notype \
+  -f WM_NAME        8s ':\n  title =\? $0\n' \
+  -f WM_CLASS       8s ':\n  appName =\? $0\n  className =? $1\n' \
+  -f WM_WINDOW_ROLE 8s ':\n  stringProperty "WM_WINDOW_ROLE" =\? $0\n' \
+  WM_NAME WM_CLASS WM_WINDOW_ROLE \
+  ${1+"$@"}

xmonad-contrib.cabal

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ license-file:       LICENSE
 author:             Spencer Janssen
 maintainer:         spencerjanssen@gmail.com
 extra-source-files: README scripts/generate-configs scripts/run-xmonad.sh
+                    scripts/window-properties.sh
                     scripts/xinitrc scripts/xmonad-acpi.c
                     scripts/xmonad-clock.c tests/test_SwapWorkspaces.hs
                     tests/test_XPrompt.hs