Get all running applications (chromium...gedit...etc) [C++ / Linux]

Question

I currently have an application that needs to know all the applications running on the system, not daemons, but apps like: Chromium, Firefox, gedit ... etc ... with Importance therefore quite high. Basically, you see your taskbar? I would like to display each open application that is listed there in my application.

I have no ideas, thanks for your help.

(Note : program with gtkmm-3.0 / C++ on Linux).

There are several ways to do this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/show-all-running-processes-in-linux/ — Zach Rattner, Dec 23 '13 at 23:38
This question might help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/939778/linux-api-to-list-running-processes — mathematician1975, Dec 23 '13 at 23:45
My "taskbar" usually only displays only "applications" that have windows open. Is that what you want? — Benjamin Bannier, Dec 23 '13 at 23:54
I found an even better dup: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1018052/how-do-i-obtain-and-synchronize-a-complete-list-of-all-x11-windows — Benjamin Bannier, Dec 23 '13 at 23:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 00:26

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wmctrl -l

From man wmctrl: List the windows being managed by the window manager. ...

answered Dec 24 '13 at 00:26

Petr Skocik

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Get all running applications (chromium...gedit...etc) [C++ / Linux]

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