Update 2023-12-30 08:36 OpenBSD/amd64-x13

.bin/sp

@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@ WID=$(wmctrl -x -l scratchpad | fgrep '.scratchpad' | cut -d" " -f1)
 if [ -z "$WID" ]
 then
     # start terminal (sterm is st.suckless.org)
-    # XXX st is resized properly when hidden, st takes rows,
-    # columns as size input. We don't have that so that's just
-    # what echo $COLUMNS $LINES reports after the resize.
-    # So on the first start, the windows is "almost" correctly
-    # sized and we fix it later (when hidden).
     sterm -c scratchpad -g 134x29+$GAP+$GAP &
     # XXX we cannot resize with wmctrl here, because the window is not
     # mapped yet. Adding a sleep here and resize then is visually
-    # unpleasant.
+    # unpleasant. Therefore st is started with hardcoded dimensions
+    # and resized when hidden.
 else
     # check if window is iconified or on another WS (or both)
     if xwininfo -id $WID | fgrep -q IsUnMapped
@@ -45,10 +41,12 @@ else
         # activate (give focus)
         wmctrl -i -a $WID
     else
-        wmctrl -i -r $WID -t 11
         # window is visible => hide
         wmctrl -i -r $WID -b add,hidden
         # correct size while hidden
         wmctrl -i -r $WID -e 0,$GAP,$GAP,$H,$V
+        # move it beyond the WS limit to completely hide it from the bar
+        # XXX could also be skip_pager / skip_taskbar?
+        wmctrl -i -r $WID -t 11
     fi
 fi