I would like to create a keyboard shortcut that will open a new terminal window only if none exists on the current desktop. Otherwise, the currently existing one will be focused. I just upgraded from Fedora 24 to Fedora 25. Before upgrading, I had the following script bound to ctrl-alt-t:desktop=$(xdotool get_desktop) # Get number of current desktop#Check if there is an open terminal on the current desktop. output=$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class --desktop $desktop gnome-terminal) if [[ -n $output ]] then xdotool windowactivate $output #If there is, then move focus to it. else gnome-terminal &  #Otherwise, open a new terminal. fiHowever, it seems that the update has broken the script, and it no longer runs properly; a new terminal is always opened, regardless of the presence of an existing one. As a test, I tried running this one liner desktop=$(xdotool get_desktop) && for i in $(xdotool search --desktop $desktop --class .*); do xdotool getwindowname $i; done. Unsurprisingly, its output never includes the name of an existing terminal window. It seems that the problem is that xdotool no longer recognizes the gnome-terminal in Fedora 25, and as a result the above script will always create a new terminal. EDIT:Also, running xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowname in terminal returns:xdo_get_focused_window_sane failed (code=1)xdo_focus_window reported an errorSo it really seems that xdotool can no longer recognize gnome-terminal
Keyboard shortcut to open a new terminal if one doesn't exist on this desktop. Otherwise, focus the current one
fedora;gnome;gnome terminal;xdotool