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// Example get-active-window reads the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property of the root
// window and uses the result (a window id) to get the name of the window.
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/BurntSushi/xgb"
)

func main() {
	X, err := xgb.NewConn()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Get the window id of the root window.
	root := X.DefaultScreen().Root

	// Get the atom id (i.e., intern an atom) of "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW".
	aname := "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW"
	activeAtom, err := X.InternAtom(true, uint16(len(aname)), aname).Reply()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Get the atom id (i.e., intern an atom) of "_NET_WM_NAME".
	aname = "_NET_WM_NAME"
	nameAtom, err := X.InternAtom(true, uint16(len(aname)), aname).Reply()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Get the actual value of _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW.
	// Note that 'reply.Value' is just a slice of bytes, so we use an
	// XGB helper function, 'Get32', to pull an unsigned 32-bit integer out
	// of the byte slice. We then convert it to an X resource id so it can
	// be used to get the name of the window in the next GetProperty request.
	reply, err := X.GetProperty(false, root, activeAtom.Atom,
		xgb.GetPropertyTypeAny, 0, (1<<32)-1).Reply()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	windowId := xgb.Id(xgb.Get32(reply.Value))
	fmt.Printf("Active window id: %X\n", windowId)

	// Now get the value of _NET_WM_NAME for the active window.
	// Note that this time, we simply convert the resulting byte slice,
	// reply.Value, to a string.
	reply, err = X.GetProperty(false, windowId, nameAtom.Atom,
		xgb.GetPropertyTypeAny, 0, (1<<32)-1).Reply()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("Active window name: %s\n", string(reply.Value))
}