Launch SfB meetings by clicking on a link #205
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@risbeove I integrated your files into SIPE source code and made some minor changes (see the individual commits). It seems to work fine when I click a link in a SfB e-mail invitation in Thunderbird.
I have reservation about the part of your script I marked and commented on directly in the code. I'm willing to accept it as-is into the custom package build in sipe-collab PPA, but I'd like to push this feature into upstream SIPE without the code in question.
Please check my modifications, I'll try to update the PPA soon.
| # Close SfB tab in browser | ||
| if hash xdotool 2>/dev/null; then | ||
| WID=$(xdotool search --name "Skype for Business Web App" | head -1) | ||
| if [ -n "$WID" ]; then | ||
| xdotool windowactivate --sync $WID | ||
| xdotool key --clearmodifiers ctrl+w | ||
| fi | ||
| fi | ||
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| # Make Pidgin chat window active (Skip "Buddy List") | ||
| if hash xdotool 2>/dev/null; then | ||
| for PIDGIN_PID in $(pgrep pidgin); do | ||
| for WID in $(xdotool search --onlyvisible --pid $PIDGIN_PID); do | ||
| if [ "$(xdotool getwindowname $WID)" != "Buddy List" ]; then | ||
| xdotool windowactivate --sync $WID | ||
| fi | ||
| done | ||
| done | ||
| fi | ||
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| # Auto join meeting | ||
| if hash xdotool 2>/dev/null; then | ||
| SECONDS=0 | ||
| while [ $SECONDS -lt 120 ]; do | ||
| WID=$(xdotool search --name "Office Communicator" | head -1) | ||
| if [ -n "$WID" ]; then | ||
| xdotool windowactivate --sync $WID | ||
| xdotool key --clearmodifiers Return | ||
| break | ||
| fi | ||
| done | ||
| fi | ||
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| # Auto join shared screen | ||
| if hash xdotool 2>/dev/null; then | ||
| SECONDS=0 | ||
| while [ $SECONDS -lt 30 ]; do | ||
| WID=$(xdotool search --name "Office Communicator" | head -1) | ||
| if [ -n "$WID" ]; then | ||
| xdotool windowactivate --sync $WID | ||
| xdotool key --clearmodifiers Return | ||
| break | ||
| fi | ||
| done | ||
| fi |
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I'm not a fan of this fiddling with with windows. I guess it will work in your specific use case, however, I feel in its present shape it isn't fit for upstream:
- The solution is X11-specific, doesn't work with Wayland and never will since these features like sending fake keyboard input to random windows were explicitly removed from Wayland specification for security reasons.
- It is quite fragile since it relies on things like text in window headers, which is prone to get changed without notice, or getting PID of the pidgin process with pgrep (there may be several instances running at the same time if this is a multi user machine).
IMO anyone willing to implement this properly should focus on these areas:
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Service
im.pidgin.purple.PurpleServicethat Pidgin exposes on session DBus should be made activatable, so that we don't have to check if Pidgin is running and possibly launch it manually (line 24) - whenever the service is accessed, DBus should launch Pidgin automatically. -
SipeJoinConferenceWithUrimethod should have a boolean parameter (e.g.join_call) that when True, makes Sipe connect to the conference call and screencast automatically, skipping any popup dialogs user would have to confirm. -
Optionally, Pidgin could expose
PurpleConversationSetFocusmethod on DBus that would bring the chat window with the given conversation to front, replacingxdotool windowactivate.
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