WIP to add a way to change a window's OverrideRedirect flag

Possible trick that might help with #480

Makefile

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ CMDOBJS= cmd_click.o cmd_mousemove.o cmd_mousemove_relative.o cmd_mousedown.o \
          cmd_getwindowname.o cmd_getwindowclassname.o cmd_behave_screen_edge.o \
          cmd_windowminimize.o cmd_exec.o cmd_getwindowgeometry.o \
          cmd_windowclose.o cmd_windowquit.o \
-         cmd_sleep.o cmd_get_display_geometry.o
+         cmd_sleep.o cmd_get_display_geometry.o cmd_window_override_redirect.o
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: xdotool.1 libxdo.$(LIBSUFFIX) libxdo.$(VERLIBSUFFIX) xdotool

cmd_window_override_redirect.c

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include "xdo_cmd.h"
+
+int cmd_window_override_redirect(context_t *context) {
+  int ret = 0;
+  char *cmd = *context->argv;
+  const char *window_arg = "%1";
+  int opsync = 0;
+
+  int c;
+  enum { opt_unused, opt_help, opt_sync };
+  static struct option longopts[] = {
+    { "help", no_argument, NULL, opt_help },
+    { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+  };
+  static const char *usage = 
+    "Usage: %s [options] <0 or 1>\n"
+    HELP_SEE_WINDOW_STACK;
+
+  int option_index;
+  while ((c = getopt_long_only(context->argc, context->argv, "+h",
+                               longopts, &option_index)) != -1) {
+    switch (c) {
+      case 'h':
+      case opt_help:
+        printf(usage, cmd);
+        consume_args(context, context->argc);
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        break;
+      default:
+        fprintf(stderr, usage, cmd);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  consume_args(context, optind);
+  printf("Args: %d\n", context->argc);
+
+  if (context->argc != 1) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "You specified the wrong number of args.\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, usage, cmd);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  int val = atoi(context->argv[0]);
+  consume_args(context, 1);
+  window_each(context, window_arg, {
+    ret = xdo_set_window_override_redirect(context->xdo, window, val);
+    if (ret) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "xdo_map_window reported an error\n");
+    }
+  }); /* window_each(...) */
+
+  return ret;
+}

xdotool.c

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ struct dispatch {
   { "windowsize", cmd_windowsize, },
   { "windowstate", cmd_windowstate, },
   { "windowunmap", cmd_windowunmap, },
+  { "window_override_redirect", cmd_window_override_redirect, },
 
   { "set_num_desktops", cmd_set_num_desktops, },
   { "get_num_desktops", cmd_get_num_desktops, },

xdotool.h

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int cmd_windowreparent(context_t *context);
 int cmd_windowsize(context_t *context);
 int cmd_windowstate(context_t *context);
 int cmd_windowunmap(context_t *context);
+int cmd_window_override_redirect(context_t *context);
 /* pager-like commands */
 int cmd_set_num_desktops(context_t *context);
 int cmd_get_num_desktops(context_t *context);