Hiding and showing QStarDict window with D-Bus

You can show and hide QStarDict window using keyboard shortcuts.

Requirements

You must have QStarDict compiled with D-Bus support and installed qdbus program.

Shell script

Create script "~/.qstardict-show-hide.sh" with following text:

#!/bin/sh
 
qdbus org.qstardict.dbus /qstardict org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \
org.qstardict.dbus mainWindowVisible \
$(( ! $(qdbus org.qstardict.dbus /qstardict org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
org.qstardict.dbus mainWindowVisible)))

Shortcut configuration

Configure your window manager for executing this script after pressing selected shortcut.

See also

D-Bus interface