twilyterm

#!/bin/bash
#
#   Author:         Twily, Edited by Firescar96                      2015
#   Description:    Spawn a new terminal window inside a drawn rectangle
#   Requires:       slop, uxterm
#   Usage:          Bind hotkey to $ sh ./drawterm
#
#   Note:           if using compton w/ shadows, exclude "class_g = 'slop'"
#                   Original of this file: http://pastebin.com/9sn8V0zZ
#

M=1                 # slop border width
SCREENRES=$(xdpyinfo  | grep 'dimensions:' | awk '{print $2}')
WIDTH=$(echo "$SCREENRES" | cut -d 'x' -f 1)
HEIGHT=$(echo "$SCREENRES" | cut -d 'x' -f 2)
COLS=211 #max width of terminal in columns #$(tput cols)
LINES=59 #max height of terminal in lines $(tput lines)

REC=$(slop -t 0 -b $M -c 1,1,1,1 -f "%w %h %x %y" --nokeyboard) || exit 1

IFS=' ' read -r W H X Y <<< "$REC"

if [ "$W" -gt "1" ]; then
    echo "$W"
    echo "$H"
    # Calculate width and height to block/font size
    dW="$(echo "scale=10; $W / $WIDTH * $COLS" | bc)"
    dH="$(echo "scale=10; $H / $HEIGHT * $LINES" | bc)"
    nW=$(printf "%.0f" $dW)
    nH=$(printf "%.0f" $dH)

    echo "$nW"
    echo "$nH"

    gnome-terminal --geometry="${nW}x${nH}+${X}+${Y}" &
fi

exit 0

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