November 2009 - xmonad

Change workspace in other monitor
by Ones Self 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Hi, Is there a way to create a key binding to change the active workspace in the other (not focused) monitor in a multi-head setup? Thank you -- "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant" -- Alan Greenspan

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xmobar bug?
by J. Bobby Lopez 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hello, I just read this thread:http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=283 And it explains a problem I am having where Xmonad 0.8 hangs every once in a while. The solution seems to suggest setting up StdinReader correctly, but I'm not sure exactly where/how to do that? Is it something I have to set up in .xmobarrc, or in .xmonad/xmonad.hs? Anyone have an example? Thanks, Bobby

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Why cannot i receive any email from xmonad ?
by z_axis＠163.com 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

I have subscribed to xmonad maillist. But i have never received any email from it ! I have to resend the same subject about Firefox `save as` dialog doesnot appear ? Hi, *Henrique G. Abreu *thanks for your quick answer ! I have tried commenting`[ className =? "Firefox" --> doF W.swapDown] but still doesnot work! BTW, After using composeOne instead of composeAll, recompiling report: %xmonad --recompile Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/sw2wolf/.xmonad/xmonad.hs xmonad.hs:48:28: Couldn't match expected type `Maybe (Data.Monoid.Endo WindowSet)' against inferred type `Data.Monoid.Endo WindowSet' Expected type: MaybeManageHook Inferred type: ManageHook In the expression: className =? c --> doFloat In the expression: [className =? c --> doFloat | c <- myCFloats] * *Sincerely!

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Re: Issue 261 in xmonad: Fullscreen flash movie fails
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Comment #10 on issue 261 by polareslicht: Fullscreen flash movie fails http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=261 This worked for me just one time. Choosen a maximized layout, switched firefox fullscreen ( F11) and the fullscreenbutton in the youtube window. I dont know why it only worked one time. Can't reproduce it once more. This realy drives me mad. -- 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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access a window by number
by Anton 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hello, all. Sorry for my newbie's question. Give me a hint, how to (and is it possible at all) to access a window by hotkey with a number like it is in stumpwm/ratpoison/ion/musca (in stumpwm it's a Ctrl-t N hotkey by default). Maybe there is a corresponding xmonad module?

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Firefox `save as` dialog doesnot appear ?
by z_axis 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

%uname -a Linux myarch 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:48:17 CET 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux %xmonad --version xmonad 0.9 In firefox, the `save as` dialog doesnot appear when i want to choose picture to save by right clicking the mouse. %cat ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs import XMonad import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe) import XMonad.Layout.TwoPane import XMonad.Layout.WindowNavigation import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W import qualified Data.Map as M main = do xmonad $ defaultConfig { borderWidth = 1 , focusedBorderColor = "#ff6666" , normalBorderColor = "#2222aa" , manageHook = manageHook defaultConfig <+> myManageHook , workspaces = map show [1 .. 10 :: Int] , terminal = "roxterm" , modMask = mod4Mask , focusFollowsMouse = True , startupHook = myStartupHook , logHook = myLogHook , layoutHook = windowNavigation $ avoidStruts $ (Mirror tall ||| tall ||| Full) --, layoutHook = ewmhDesktopsLayout $ windowNavigation $ avoidStruts $ (Mirror tall ||| tall ||| Full) , keys = \c -> myKeys c `M.union` keys defaultConfig c --, mouseBindings = \c -> myMouse c `M.union` mouseBindings defaultConfig c } where tall = Tall 1 (3/100) (1/2) myStartupHook :: X () myStartupHook = do { spawn "fcitx"; spawn "roxterm"; spawn "lxpanel"; spawn "/home/sw2wolf/bin/kvm.sh"; } myLogHook :: X () myLogHook = ewmhDesktopsLogHook myManageHook :: ManageHook myManageHook = composeAll . concat $ [ [ className =? c --> doFloat | c <- myCFloats] ,[ resource =? r --> doFloat | r <- myRFloats] ,[ title =? t --> doFloat | t <- myTFloats] ,[ className =? c --> doIgnore | c <- ignores] ,[ className =? "Audacious" --> doShift "3" ] ,[ className =? "Firefox" --> doF W.swapDown] ,[(role =? "gimp-toolbox" <||> role =? "gimp-image-window") --> (ask >>= doF . W.sink)]] where myCFloats = ["Thunderbird-bin", "GQview", "MPlayer", "Gimp","Vncviewer","Xmessage"] myRFloats = ["Dialog", "Download", "Places"] myTFloats = ["Firefox Preferences", "Element Properties"] ignores = ["trayer"] role = stringProperty "WM_WINDOW_ROLE" myKeys (XConfig {modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $ -- Apps and tools [ ((modm, xK_F2), spawn "gmrun") , ((modm, xK_f), spawn "/home/firefox/firefox") , ((modm, xK_t), spawn "thunderbird") --, ((modm, xK_p), spawn "exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu -b` && eval \"exec $exe\"") , ((modm, xK_F11), spawn "sudo shutdown -r now") , ((modm, xK_F12), spawn "sudo shutdown -h now") , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Print), spawn "sleep 0.2; scrot -s") , ((modm, xK_Print), spawn "scrot '/tmp/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_$wx$h_scrot.png' -e 'mv $f ~'") , ((modm, xK_c), kill) -- Window Navigation , ((modm, xK_Right), sendMessage $ Go R) , ((modm, xK_Left ), sendMessage $ Go L) , ((modm, xK_Up ), sendMessage $ Go U) , ((modm, xK_Down ), sendMessage $ Go D) -- swap... , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Right), sendMessage $ Swap R) , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Left ), sendMessage $ Swap L) , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Up ), sendMessage $ Swap U) , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Down ), sendMessage $ Swap D) ] Sincerely!

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Multi-pointer-X support
by Yclept Nemo 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

I'm hoping to start a discussing in the interests of incorporating MPX support into XMonad. Xorg-server 1.7 has just incorporated MPX support. More details can be found at http://lwn.net/Articles/283957/ As a first, more than one window would have to be active at a time To model keyboard focus in the case of multiple pointers: Only the core pointer receives input All pointers receive input Toggle keyboard input between pointers Promote keyboard input to the core pointer Which probably becomes more convoluted with multiple keyboards. On #xmonad aavogt suggested: 16:27 < aavogt> perhaps a reasonable solution is to keep one stackset per keyboard/mouse pair 16:28 < aavogt> ie. windowset :: XState -> [StackSet a b c d e] 16:30 < aavogt> then most operations just need another fmap thrown in there 16:31 < aavogt> that will have strange consequences for when mice/keyboards focus the same window (how do we show that for the border color?) 16:32 < aavogt> I guess an average or sum of colors could do: red + blue -> purple There is already some documentation regarding MPX at http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/MPX?highlight=%28mpx%29 (I have a feeling it might be out of date) It's probably not enough, so requests for more documentation might need to be formalized. MPX can be tested by separating touchpads/trackpoints out of the core pointer (assuming xorg-server >= 1.7). However MPX most likely shines with finger-touch devices.

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Re: [xmonad] darcs patch: PositionStore utility to store informati... (and 1 more)
by Jan Vornberger 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hey! On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:02:25PM +0100, Jan Vornberger wrote: > This is now the patch bundle containing Bluetile's floating layout. It requires Daniel's > extstate patch (which is not included in this bundle, see his recent e-mail for a patch). Now that the extstate patch has been included in the core, I have prepared an updated version of this floating layout patch bundle. It also now contains some code to remove entries from the PositionStore again, once a window is destroyed (using DestroyWindowEvent as Adam suggested). So this should be ready to go into contrib now and provide a usable floating layout. Cheers! Jan

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darcs patch: X.A.CycleWS cycle by tag group (and 2 more)
by Anders Engstrom 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Sun Nov 15 14:02:17 CET 2009 Anders Engstrom <ankaan(a)gmail.com> * X.A.CycleWS cycle by tag group Allow grouping of workspaces, so that a user can cycle through those in the same group. Grouping is done by using a special character in the tag. Sun Nov 15 14:07:07 CET 2009 Anders Engstrom <ankaan(a)gmail.com> * X.H.DynamicLog fix minor indentation oddness Sun Nov 15 14:11:21 CET 2009 Anders Engstrom <ankaan(a)gmail.com> * X.H.Urgencyhook fix minor doc bug

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darcs patch: X.A.DynamicWorkspaces fix doc and add behaviour
by Anders Engstrom 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Sat Nov 14 00:39:03 CET 2009 Anders Engstrom <ankaan(a)gmail.com> * X.A.DynamicWorkspaces fix doc and add behaviour Before this patch the documentation claims that it won't do anything on non-empty workspaces when it actually does. This patch fixes the documentation to reflect the actual behaviour, but also adds the behaviour promised by the documentation in other functions. It does not break configs. In addition it also provides functions to help removing empty workspaces when leaving them.

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