November 2007 - xmonad

darcs patch: Magnifier.hs: update so it at least compiles
by gwern0＠gmail.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Wed Nov 7 20:25:22 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Magnifier.hs: update so it at least compiles Code modified on advice of Wachter; note I make absolutely no claims that the code runs correctly or doesn't eat your pets or does anything besides compile without any warnings.

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darcs patch: Update docs in Util (and 1 more)
by gwern0＠gmail.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Tue Nov 6 14:02:58 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Update docs in Util Tue Nov 6 16:15:37 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Dzen.hs: resend doc update

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Issue 86 in xmonad: Occasional segfault when opening new windows
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Issue 86: Occasional segfault when opening new windows http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=86 Comment #2 by SpencerJanssen: We've applied this patch to X11: Thu Nov 1 14:01:54 CDT 2007 Mats Jansborg <mats(a)jansb.org> * Fix bug in the type of functions dealing with properties Since this is an intermittent issue, we'll close this bug in a week if there are no further reports. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Issue 86 in xmonad: Occasional segfault when opening new windows
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Issue 86: Occasional segfault when opening new windows http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=86 Comment #1 by SpencerJanssen: Our use of XChangeProperty (most likely the 32 bit variant) seems to be the culprit here. The only place we use XChangeProperty in the core is changeProperty32 in Operations.hs. Upcoming patches to X11 may resolve this issue. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Issue 86 in xmonad: Occasional segfault when opening new windows
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Issue 86: Occasional segfault when opening new windows http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=86 New issue report by nonce+go...@dfranke.us: 0.4.1 is occasionally segfaulting on me. The most recent crash occured while launching iceweasel. I can't reliably reproduce it. I used 0.2 for several months before upgrading with no similar issues. I'm running Debian Etch on an x64 system with two NVidia 8600GTs driving three monitors on Xinerama with NVidia's binary driver. xmonad was compiled using ghc-6.8.1. Backtrace: #0 0x00002b8ae4713f72 in _XData32 () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #1 0x00002b8ae46ea259 in XChangeProperty () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 #2 0x00000000004f26f8 in ?? () #3 0x00002b8ae54ffff8 in ?? () #4 0x0000000000000002 in ?? () #5 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Attached: binary, core dump, and my Config.hs. Attachments: xmonad 1.8 MB core 1.8 MB Config.hs 9.6 KB Issue attributes: Status: New Owner: ---- Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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xmonad in Ubuntu
by Maurício 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi, Does anyone tried xmonad in Ubuntu? Do you have a guide on how to try it without having problems that can be solved by just going back to metacity? I understand nothing about X configuration files, and I would like not to mess with anything that could break the default system. Should I wait (maybe, for an Ubuntu package)? Can I try xmonad now? Thanks, Maurício

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Issue 85 in xmonad: xmonad.hs and XMonad.hs clash on HFS filesystems
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Issue 85: xmonad.hs and XMonad.hs clash on HFS filesystems http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=85 Comment #1 by valery.vv: But we have Config.hs as well, don't we? -- vvv -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Issue 85 in xmonad: xmonad.hs and XMonad.hs clash on HFS filesystems
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Issue 85: xmonad.hs and XMonad.hs clash on HFS filesystems http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=85 New issue report by dons00: We can't use xmonad.hs as the config file name, as it classes on case-insensitive file systems with XMonad.hs, confusing GHC. Use config.hs Issue attributes: Status: Accepted Owner: dons00 Labels: Type-Defect Priority-High Milestone-Release0.5 -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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darcs patch: Change the type of properties from Word3... (and 1 more)
by David Roundy 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi all, This is a couple of patches that require that Mats' patch to X11 also be applied (which is why I'm not pushing them). It fixes avoidStruts (and presumably the rest of ManageDocks) for me on x86-64. David Thu Nov 1 15:27:30 EDT 2007 Mats Jansborg <mats(a)jansb.org> * Change the type of properties from Word32 to CLong Thu Nov 8 14:23:18 EST 2007 David Roundy <droundy(a)darcs.net> * fix types to work with Mats fix to X11.

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darcs patch: code to define a strut-avoiding layout.
by David Roundy 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi all, This is an amend-recorded version of my avoidStruts layout modifier, which crashes on my machine (but probably works on 32-bit machines). I've just gotten rid of some of the debug output. David Tue Oct 23 18:00:25 EDT 2007 David Roundy <droundy(a)darcs.net> * code to define a strut-avoiding layout.

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noob: Help me pipe output of XMonadContrib.DynamicLog to dzen?
by Ralph E. Carter 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I have dzen2 running in the slot, displaying a date. I have this in my Config.hs: import XMonadContrib.DynamicLog logHook = dynamicLog http://www.xmonad.org/haddock/XMonadContrib-DynamicLog.html says: Log events in: 1 2 [3] 4 8 format. Suitable to pipe into dzen. (Log? Where?) I have studied http://dzen.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/README, but can't figure out how to do this. Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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darcs patch: make keyActions and buttonActions dynamically modifiable.
by David Roundy 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi all, Here's a small patch that breaks none of XMC, but allows us to easily write toggling keybindings. It also allows to remove keybinding dynamically, which also seems like a useful concept. It'll be more useful if we extend the map to also include help information, so we can present the user with a runtime summary of keybindings. But in any case, this patch by itself allows useful new functionality. I see little benefit in making the mouse bindings dynamically modifyable, but no harm either. And if we allow people to experiment with this, they may come up with something. David Thu Nov 8 08:04:23 PST 2007 David Roundy <droundy(a)darcs.net> * make keyActions and buttonActions dynamically modifiable. This makes possible simple self-modifying toggle keybindings, the removal of keybindings, etc. Given that we were already storing a duplicate reference to these maps, I see no downside to allowing extensions to modify them.

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Using XMonad as a Gnome window manager
by Kai Grossjohann 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I've successfully set up XMonad as a Gnome window manager. Thanks for the good work that made this possible! But you give me a finger and I want your hand :-) Specifically, the Gnome pager shows which workspace I'm in, but clicking on the Gnome pager to switch to another workspace doesn't. Furthermore, I added a window list button to the panel, but selecting a window from the list to switch to it does nothing. This is on a pre-0.4 darcs snapshot. Kai

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Issue 84 in xmonad: Do our own recompilation checker
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Issue 84: Do our own recompilation checker http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=84 New issue report by dons00: Invoking GHC to check if xmonad.hs needs recompiling is too expensive to go with for the release. Do our own timestamp check. Code for this is in hs-plugins already. Issue attributes: Status: Accepted Owner: dons00 Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Critical Milestone-Release0.5 -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Changes in the dev branch: xmonad can now be configured without recompiling the src!
by Don Stewart 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Just an update on what's been happening in the development branch of xmonad. This is a quick summary of changes that will affect those who follow the darcs branch. The big merge is done, thanks to David for prototyping, and Spencer for kicking the types into shape! xmonad from darcs now builds as a library, as does the extension library. The (very) good news: * xmonad can be reconfigured without having to recompile the source! * multiple xmonad instances on a system can use different config settings * the contrib library builds as a normal library * Config.hs now lives in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs * configuration is now much simpler and shorter. My 100 line Config.hs is now around 5 lines, with the same result in particular point one was the key technical issue which made xmonad not quite a first class citizen on unix -- it had to be recompiled to be reconfigured. Those days are now passed. The bad news: * the format and location of Config.hs has changed slightly, meaning you'll have to edit your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs if you follow the darcs branch (and the upcoming 0.5 release) * documentation is now a little out of date. * xmonad now requires Cabal 1.2, which you can get with ghc 6.8, or from hackage.haskell.org Some initial examples of the ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs configuration system are appearing on the wiki, http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive and if you port your old Config.hs across to the new xmonad.hs style, please consider uploading both old and new to the wiki, to make it easier for others. Other documentation is likely to be out of date. If people have suggestions on how best to migrate users from the old to the new configuration system, I'd love to hear it. -- Don

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Issue 83 in xmonad: Report errors in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Issue 83: Report errors in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=83 Comment #1 by SpencerJanssen: (No comment was entered for this change.) Issue attribute updates: Labels: -Priority-Medium Priority-Critical Milestone-Release0.5 -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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darcs patch: Remove spurious import in Arossato's config.
by Chris Mears 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Thu Nov 8 08:56:30 EST 2007 Chris Mears <chris(a)cmears.id.au> * Remove spurious import in Arossato's config.

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Issue 73 in xmonad: xmonad as a library
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Issue 73: xmonad as a library http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=73 Comment #4 by dons00: Documentation is the only thing left on this ticket now. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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-- Re: [Xmonad] xmobar 0.8-rc1
by Andrea Rossato 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi Berto! On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 05:30:12PM +0000, Berto wrote: > Hello Andrea, > > Congratulations for a very nice application.. thanks for your kind words. > > I'm running xmobar-0.8.rc3 now...with the configuration file you > suggested: and is working fine, but. in the screnshots i can see that > in your xlog the active window is marked in color: the yellow "[3]" in > your screen shot...how do you do that? :) I did a small modification to DynamicLog. If you are using xmonad-0.4 you can use the attached version of DynamicLog.hs If you are using the darcs version you can use XMonad.Config.Sjanssen which uses xmobar and a nice log formatting with colors too. Cheers, Andrea

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darcs patch: fall back to previous ~/.xmonad/xmonad if recompilatio...
by Lukas Mai 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Wed Nov 7 02:53:09 CET 2007 Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de> * fall back to previous ~/.xmonad/xmonad if recompilation fails

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Issue 40 in xmonad: Screen focus does not follow the mouse pointer
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Issue 40: Screen focus does not follow the mouse pointer http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=40 Comment #1 by dons00: Clicking on the root window to focus is often expected to work --but doesn't, for this reason. So users need to remember mod-w,e,r. We should fix this at some point. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Issue 83 in xmonad: Report errors in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Issue 83: Report errors in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=83 New issue report by dons00: Syntax, type and linking errors, package errors, and missing ghc issues, are all silently unreported by xmonad head branch. Use xmessage or similar to report these errors. Additionally, the original defaults are used on failure, which people do not expect. We should behave more like vim or mutt when errors are found in the config file: report them, and contiue with the previous state/defaults. Issue attributes: Status: Accepted Owner: dons00 Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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darcs patch: Update docs in Util (and 4 more)
by gwern0＠gmail.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Tue Nov 6 14:02:58 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Update docs in Util Tue Nov 6 14:06:59 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Man.hs: -Wall option not necessary as that's turned on in the Cabal files Tue Nov 6 14:17:51 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * EwmhDesktops: move to correct name, update so it compiles Tue Nov 6 14:20:54 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Prompt.hs: update names Tue Nov 6 14:21:58 EST 2007 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Actions: update SinkAll doc

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darcs patch: change MultiToggle interface; add docs (and 1 more)
by Lukas Mai 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Tue Nov 6 15:17:29 CET 2007 Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de> * change MultiToggle interface; add docs Tue Nov 6 15:18:29 CET 2007 Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de> * make Setup haddock work again

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darcs patch: add serializable SwitchTrans (a.k.a. MultiToggle)
by Lukas Mai 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Tue Nov 6 01:58:19 CET 2007 Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de> * add serializable SwitchTrans (a.k.a. MultiToggle)

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