Quick Quality-of-Life Improvements

fiftyfourthparallel · January 10, 2024, 3:38pm

I added my personal favorite, which is massively convient and should be integrated into the OS by the devs

tasket/Qubes-scripts/blob/master/halt-vm-by-window

#!/bin/bash

#CUR_WIN_ID=`xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW |cut -d \# -f2`
CUR_WIN_ID=`xdotool getwindowfocus`
CUR_VM=`xprop _QUBES_VMNAME -id $CUR_WIN_ID |cut -d \" -f2`

#echo $CUR_VM 
#exit 0

#qvm-run $CUR_VM 'pkill firefox; pkill thunderbird; pkill icedove'; sleep 6
qvm-run $CUR_VM 'xdotool search --name "Mozilla Firefox" key ctrl+q'
qvm-run $CUR_VM 'xdotool search --name "Mozilla Thunderbird" key ctrl+q'
sleep 4
/usr/bin/qvm-shutdown $CUR_VM  --wait --timeout=40

This script shuts down the VM that’s currently selected. Since dom0 responds to all key presses, I strongly suggest mapping this to an uncommon key combination. E.g. Someone who mapped this to “Ctrl + C” will shut down the qube he’s using whenever he presses the standard shortcut to copy. This also makes it a great way to prank Qubes users around you.

Also, a sleep value of 4 is just a default and not a functional necessity, so reduce this if you want to shorten the delay before shutdown (though sleep 0 might cause issues)