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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# save/restore the workspace location of every window
+#
+# TODO? restore geometry (not needed for tiling wm though)
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+use JSON;
+
+my $filename = "$ENV{HOME}/.windowpositions.json";
+
+sub save_windows {
+    my $windows = {};
+
+    foreach my $line (split('\n', `wmctrl -l`)) {
+        if ($line =~ m/^([0-9a-fx]+)\s+(\d+)\s+/) {
+            $windows->{$1} = $2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    open FILE, ">$filename" or die "Can't store positions.";
+    print FILE encode_json($windows);
+    close FILE;
+}
+
+sub restore_windows {
+    my $desk_count = `wmctrl -d | wc -l`;
+
+    open FILE, "<$filename" or die "No positions stored.";
+    my $windows = decode_json(<FILE>);
+    close FILE;
+
+    foreach my $win (keys %$windows) {
+        my $desk = $windows->{$win} % $desk_count;
+        `wmctrl -i -r $win -t $desk`;
+    }
+}
+
+GetOptions(
+    'save' => \&save_windows,
+    'restore' => \&restore_windows,
+    'help' => sub { print "Usage: $0 <--save|--restore>\n"; },
+);
+