Moves the active window to a given position given the window_id and absolute co ordinates,
    --sync option auto passed in, will wait until actually moved before giving  control back to us

    will do nothing if the window is maximized

def move_active_window(x, y):
    """
    Moves the active window to a given position given the window_id and absolute co ordinates,
    --sync option auto passed in, will wait until actually moved before giving  control back to us

    will do nothing if the window is maximized
    """
    window_id = get_window_id()
    cmd=['xdotool','windowmove', window_id, str(x), str(y)]
    subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr= subprocess.PIPE).communicate()