bonnefoi/bspwm_swap

bspwm_swap or "Swapping is not Swallowing"

This a solution to allow bspwm to swap the terminal window with the window of the program that you launch from it.

This script use the hidden state of a window maintained by bspwm to hide the terminal window and swap its position with the window created by the last command.

It uses the events provided by bspwm to watch when the window of the last command is closed to unhide the terminal's window.

You use the script by launching it with the command as arguments:

$ swap sxiv my_picture.jpg

You could also use the provided zsh widget to use a shortcut to substitute the return key by to change the behavior of the command:

$ sxiv my_picture.jpg <return>

launches the command without swapping: the window of the command is added to your current desktop.

$ sxiv my_picture.jpg <ctrl-p>

launches the command with swapping: the window of the command replace the terminal window until its ending.

You could also rename the script as "sins", 'Swapping Is Not Swallowing" if you want :)

Another version of the script called other_version uses the pid of the launched command to unhide the terminal's window but don't use any events. This version exhibits a little bit of flickering as the window is closed before the command exits.