I've written a short script to start vcxsrv then run bash -c -l "DISPLAY=:0 terminator" and after a moment the terminal launches, however when I toggle the hide_window hotkey in terminator (I've customized it to use ctrl+`, but the default doesn't work either) it will hide the terminal, but the same key combination will not show the terminal unless an x11 app is active on the screen.
Is there any way to send ctrl+` to vcxsrv to show my terminal?
Ensure xdotool is installed in your system
sudo apt-get install -y xdotool
Then create an autohotkey script:
^`::
Run, bash -c "DISPLAY=:0 xdotool key ctrl+grave", , Hide
Return
this captures the ctrl+` and replays it to the X server through a hidden bash window.
Here's a quick ad hoc measure:
While your Terminator window A is hidden start up a new Terminator window B. In window B, hit ctrl+` (or ctrl+alt+a if you still have the default keybinding for hide_window). This should toggle visiblity on both windows, with the result that A is visible and B is hidden.
(You might clean up B with kill if you cared to do so.)
