[winswitch] Render Without Attach

[Antoine Martin]

On 21/02/2021 01:03, matthew via shifter-users wrote:
> I would like to be able to run a GUI application within an Xpra session and
> submit login credentials via the xdotool. For example, the application
> would startup via a cron schedule and a subsequent cron job would submit
> the login credentials.
> 
> Unfortunately, I am unable to force the application to render in an Xpra
> session unless I interactively run "xpra attach" at least one time with X11
> forwarding. Therefore, the interface is not available for the xdotool to
> interact with.
You may be able to interact with the application after using xdotool's
"windowmap".

> Is there a way to achieve this kind of automation without an explicit "xpra
> attach"?
No, not at present, but I believe this should not be too hard to add.
Feel free to create a new issue here:
https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/new

Cheers,
Antoine

> 
> Thank you in advance and thank you for developing and supporting Xpra.
> 
> Kindly,
> 
> Matt B