--- a/.fluxbox/keys	Mon Mar 14 09:34:26 2011 -0700
+++ b/.fluxbox/keys	Fri Mar 18 11:33:56 2011 -0700
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 F11 :Fullscreen
 
 # commands
+Control Mod1 a :ExecCommand xclip -o | window_path.py | xclip -i
 Control Mod1 b :ExecCommand sleep 1; xset dpms force off # blank screen
 Control Mod1 c :ExecCommand xterm -geometry 21x9 -T "`date +'%b %-d'`" -e 'cal; sleep 10' # calender
 Control Mod1 d :ExecCommand date | xclip -i # put now's date on the X clipboard

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/window_path.py	Fri Mar 18 11:33:56 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import window_title
+
+def main(filename):
+    title = window_title.active_window_title()
+    path = os.path.expanduser(title)
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        return
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    return os.path.join(path, filename)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print main(sys.stdin.read().strip())

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/window_title.py	Fri Mar 18 11:33:56 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+get the active window title
+"""
+
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+def active_window_id():
+    process = subprocess.Popen(['xprop', '-root'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        if '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW):' in line:
+            return line.rsplit(None, 1)[-1]
+
+def window_title(window_id):
+    process = subprocess.Popen(['xprop', '-id', window_id], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        match = re.match("WM_NAME\((?P<type>.+)\) = (?P<name>.+)", line)
+        if match:
+            type = match.group("type")
+            if type == "STRING" or type == "COMPOUND_TEXT":
+                return match.group("name").strip('"')
+
+def active_window_title():
+    return window_title(active_window_id())
+
+def main():
+    title = active_window_title()
+    print title
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

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