Add con_move_to_output_name function

include/con.h

@@ -307,7 +307,16 @@ void con_move_to_workspace(Con *con, Con *workspace, bool fix_coordinates,
  * visible workspace on the given output.
  *
  */
-void con_move_to_output(Con *con, Output *output);
+void con_move_to_output(Con *con, Output *output, bool fix_coordinates);
+
+/**
+ * Moves the given container to the currently focused container on the
+ * visible workspace on the output specified by the given name.
+ * The current output for the container is used to resolve relative names
+ * such as left, right, up, down.
+ *
+ */
+bool con_move_to_output_name(Con *con, const char *name, bool fix_coordinates);
 
 /**
  * Moves the given container to the given mark.

src/commands.c

@@ -1044,25 +1044,7 @@ void cmd_move_con_to_output(I3_CMD, const char *name) {
     TAILQ_FOREACH(current, &owindows, owindows) {
         DLOG("matching: %p / %s\n", current->con, current->con->name);
 
-        Output *current_output = get_output_for_con(current->con);
-        assert(current_output != NULL);
-
-        Output *output = get_output_from_string(current_output, name);
-        if (output == NULL) {
-            ELOG("Could not find output \"%s\", skipping.\n", name);
-            had_error = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        Con *ws = NULL;
-        GREP_FIRST(ws, output_get_content(output->con), workspace_is_visible(child));
-        if (ws == NULL) {
-            ELOG("Could not find a visible workspace on output %p.\n", output);
-            had_error = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        con_move_to_workspace(current->con, ws, true, false, false);
+        had_error |= !con_move_to_output_name(current->con, name, true);
     }
 
     cmd_output->needs_tree_render = true;

src/con.c

@@ -1284,12 +1284,33 @@ void con_move_to_workspace(Con *con, Con *workspace, bool fix_coordinates, bool
  * visible workspace on the given output.
  *
  */
-void con_move_to_output(Con *con, Output *output) {
+void con_move_to_output(Con *con, Output *output, bool fix_coordinates) {
     Con *ws = NULL;
     GREP_FIRST(ws, output_get_content(output->con), workspace_is_visible(child));
     assert(ws != NULL);
     DLOG("Moving con %p to output %s\n", con, output_primary_name(output));
-    con_move_to_workspace(con, ws, false, false, false);
+    con_move_to_workspace(con, ws, fix_coordinates, false, false);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Moves the given container to the currently focused container on the
+ * visible workspace on the output specified by the given name.
+ * The current output for the container is used to resolve relative names
+ * such as left, right, up, down.
+ *
+ */
+bool con_move_to_output_name(Con *con, const char *name, bool fix_coordinates) {
+    Output *current_output = get_output_for_con(con);
+    assert(current_output != NULL);
+
+    Output *output = get_output_from_string(current_output, name);
+    if (output == NULL) {
+        ELOG("Could not find output \"%s\"\n", name);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    con_move_to_output(con, output, fix_coordinates);
+    return true;
 }
 
 /*

src/manage.c

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ void manage_window(xcb_window_t window, xcb_get_window_attributes_cookie_t cooki
              * needed e.g. for LibreOffice Impress multi-monitor
              * presentations to work out of the box. */
             if (output != NULL)
-                con_move_to_output(nc, output);
+                con_move_to_output(nc, output, false);
             con_toggle_fullscreen(nc, CF_OUTPUT);
         }
         fs = NULL;