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// Include the headers we will need
#include <stdio.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

// Now write the function we will be executing.
// This one takes a string containing the display to connect to
void change_display(char *display_str)
{
  GdkDisplay *display = gdk_display_get_default();
  GtkWidget *toplevel = NULL;

  GdkWindow *window = NULL;
  GtkWidget *widget = NULL;

  // Not 100% necessary but gives you time before the line below this one runs
  sleep(5);
  
  // This line gets the GDK window below the cursor
  window = gdk_display_get_window_at_pointer(display, NULL, NULL);
  if (window) {
      gdk_window_get_user_data(window, (gpointer)&widget);

      toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel(widget);

      GdkDisplay *new_display = gdk_display_open(display_str);
      if (new_display)
          gtk_window_set_screen(GTK_WINDOW(toplevel), gdk_display_get_screen(new_display, 0));
      else
          fprintf(stderr, "Could not connect to display \"%s\"\n", display_str);
  } else {
      fprintf(stderr, "No window found\n");
  }

  // By this point the window should have moved itself to the display you passed in
}