I have used this [bash script]( A Bit Awake - News ) as a baseline and modified it somewhat to better work for me.
It generally does what it is meant to, however an unfortunate and seemingly unavoidable side-effect is that after each reboot, KDE sends this confirm screen if the script reaches line-20 (or rather any xdotool key command).
Is there any existing Aseprite script for this purpose that would work without simulated key strokes?
I would make one myself, but I don’t want to teach myself Lua only to realise it cannot be done.
1 #!/bin/bash
2 ### Original script at:
3 ### https://abitawake.com/news/articles/make-aseprite-always-open-files-in-the-same-window-on-linux
4
5 # try to find the aseprite window by name
6 window_id=$(xdotool search --name "Aseprite v1" | head -n 1)
7
8 # aseprite already open
9 if [ -n "$window_id" ]; then
10 # focus aseprite
11 xdotool windowactivate "$window_id"
12
13 # and file can be read
14 if [ -r "$1" ]; then
15
16 # copy the file path to clipboard
17 echo -n "$1" | xclip -selection clipboard
18
19 # simulate opening file in aseprite
20 xdotool key ctrl+o # simulate "open" (ctrl+o)
21 xdotool key ctrl+v # paste file path
22 xdotool key Return # simulate press enter
23 fi
24 # if file can't be read: nothing to do
25 else
26 # aseprite not running, launch it
27
28 # if trying to open file (and file can be read), then pass it to aseprite to open
29 if [ -r "$1" ]; then
30 aseprite "$1" &
31
32 # else just open aseprite
33 else
34 aseprite &
35 fi
36 fi