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Get the active window in Gtk using the wnck library.

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Aadewes
Last edited Oct 13, 2013
Created on Oct 13, 2013

This example demonstrates a simple text-based monitoring loop that continuously prints the name of the active window on a Gtk desktop. It shows the current window title every half second, updating as the user switches between applications. The code uses the wnck library’s `screen_get_default()` and `get_active_window()` APIs to query window information, while Gtk’s `events_pending()` and `main_iteration()` keep the GUI event loop responsive. The output is a raw console stream of window names, with no visual rendering or data aggregation.

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