February 2009 - xmonad

U.Run.runProcessWithInputAndWait exceptions, dzenWithArgs
by wirtwolff 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

U.Run.runProcessWithInputAndWait calls waitForProcess and raises exceptions. I probably just should have filed a bug, but figured it's probably a quick fix for a real programmer, and byorgey seems to be on a contrib-patching extravaganza, so: http://www.moonpatio.com:8080/fastcgi/hpaste.fcgi/view?id=999 This mainly affects Hooks.UrgencyHook, although users may be using the dzenWithArgs functions in xmonad.hs Is is safe to simply remove waitForProcess from Util.Run.runProcessWithInputAndWait? Should dzenWithArgs do timeouts differently? (btw thanks Roman, Byorgey, et. al. for all the recent work) regards, wmw

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darcs patch: X.L.AddMaster, Master turned into a LayoutModifier
by Ismael Carnales 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

This patch adds AddMaster Layout Modifier (same as old Master). byebye!

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darcs patch: Fix possible head []
by Joachim Breitner 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi, there are not many places where head is used in xmonad, but this is one of them. Time to make it safe. Greetings, Joachim Tue Jan 6 20:20:26 CET 2009 Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de> * Fix possible head [] This seems to be a rare case, but I just got hit by it.

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[xmonad-contrib] darcs patch: FocusNth again
by Aleksey P. Artamonov 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

As you can see I sent patch to XMonad.Actions.FocusNth last week. There were some stupid mistakes I didn't notice although these were big mistakes. Now I hope they've gone. So it's my second attempt. Please provide me with information about "state of approving". Besides, I've got a question which appeared while I was fixing mistakes in this patch. The best way to understand it is simply to simulate it by yourself. So choose a workspace with fullscreen layout. Execute one full screen program. Then one floating. Then full screen again. It would be better if you could tell both full screen apps apart easily. Now focus the application you ran most recent (let's call it A). Then focus down to the floating application. Now this floating application is really in the focus but application A has gone from the background. Instead application you ran the first is in the background. So my question is about whether it is possible to by-pass this behavior. Thanks. Sun Oct 19 17:03:30 EEST 2008 Aleksey Artamonov <aleksey.artamonov(a)gmail.com> * FocusNth improvements fixed There were some stupid mistakes in the previous version I sent. The main idea has not changed. This patch provides a way of altering switching order of FocusNth. New patches: [FocusNth improvements fixed Aleksey Artamonov <aleksey.artamonov(a)gmail.com>**20081019140330 There were some stupid mistakes in the previous version I sent. The main idea has not changed. This patch provides a way of altering switching order of FocusNth. ] { hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 17 - focusNth) where + focusNth, + focusNthExt + ) where hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 21 -import XMonad.StackSet +import XMonad.StackSet hiding (filter) hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 35 +-- Sometimes it is really convenient to alter the order +-- of windows' switching or to omit some of the windows +-- at all. To fulfill this 'focusNthExt' should be used. +-- The following code switches to the floating windows +-- only after all the others (uses XMonad.Util.EZConfig): +-- +-- > -- mod-[F1 .. F9] +-- > ++ +-- > [ ("M-<F" ++ k ++ ">", do +-- > state <- get +-- > floating <- return $ W.floating (windowset state) +-- > focusNthExt (\x -> let (a, b) = partition (not . (flip M.member) floating) x in a ++ b) +-- > i) +-- > | (k, i) <- zip (map show [1..]) [0..8] +-- > ] +-- hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 56 -focusNth = windows . modify' . focusNth' - -focusNth' :: Int -> Stack a -> Stack a -focusNth' n s@(Stack _ ls rs) | (n < 0) || (n > length(ls) + length(rs)) = s - | otherwise = listToStack n (integrate s) +focusNth = focusNthExt (\x -> x) hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 58 -listToStack :: Int -> [a] -> Stack a -listToStack n l = Stack t ls rs - where - (t:rs) = drop n l - ls = reverse (take n l) +-- | Give focus to the nth window taking into consideration windows' rearranging +-- function. +focusNthExt :: ([Window] -> [Window]) -> Int -> X() +focusNthExt t = windows . modify' . (focusNth' t) hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 63 +focusNth' :: ([Window] -> [Window]) -> Int -> Stack Window -> Stack Window +focusNth' transform n s = + let integrated = integrate s + transformed = transform $ integrated + matching = length transformed + in if (n < 0) || (n >= matching) + then s + else listToStack n transformed integrated hunk ./XMonad/Actions/FocusNth.hs 72 +listToStack :: Int -> [Window] -> [Window] -> Stack Window +listToStack num transformed real = Stack t (reverse rls) rs + where + t = transformed !! num + (rls, _ : rs) = span (/= t) real } Context: [Prompt.hs rename deleteConsecutiveDuplicates gwern0(a)gmail.com**20081008205131 That name is really unwieldy and long. ] [Prompt.hs: have historyCompletion filter dupes gwern0(a)gmail.com**20081008204710 Specifically, it calls deleteConsecutiveDuplicates on the end product. uniqSort reverses order in an unfortunate way, so we don't use that. The use-case is when a user has added the same input many times - as it stands, if the history records 30 'top's or whatever, the completion will show 30 'top' entries! This fixes that. ] [Prompt.hs: tweak haddocks gwern0(a)gmail.com**20081008204649] [Prompt.hs: mv uniqSort to next to its confreres, and mention the trade-off gwern0(a)gmail.com**20081008192645] [Do not consider XMONAD_TIMER unknown Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081008195643] [Kill window without focusing it first Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081005002533 This patch requires the patch "add killWindow function" in xmonad. Before this patch, people would experience “workspace flicker” when closing a window via EWMH that is not on the current workspace, for example when quitting pidgin via the panel icon. ] [let MagnifyLess actually magnify less daniel(a)wagner-home.com**20081015153911] [Depend on X11 >= 1.4.3 Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921055456] [Actions.Search: add a few search engines intrigeri(a)boum.org**20081008104033 Add Debian {package, bug, tracking system} search engines, as well as Google Images and isohunt. ] [Implement HiddenNonEmptyWS with HiddenWS and NonEmptyWS Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081006211027 (Just to reduce code duplication) ] [Add straightforward HiddenWS to WSType Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081006210548 With NonEmptyWS and HiddenNonEmptyWS present, HiddenWS is obviously missing. ] [Merge emptyLayoutMod into redoLayout Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081005190220 This removes the emptyLayoutMod method from the LayoutModifier class, and change the Stack parameter to redoLayout to a Maybe Stack one. It also changes all affected code. This should should be a refactoring without any change in program behaviour. ] [SmartBorders even for empty layouts Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20081005184426 Fixes: http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=223 ] [Paste.hs: improve haddocks gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080927150158] [Paste.hs: fix haddock gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080927145238] [minor explanatory comment daniel(a)wagner-home.com**20081003015919] [XMonad.Layout.HintedGrid: add GridRatio (--no-test because of haddock breakage) Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de>**20080930141715] [XMonad.Util.Font: UTF8 -> USE_UTF8 Lukas Mai <l.mai(a)web.de>**20080930140056] [Paste.hs: implement noModMask suggestion gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080926232056] [fix a divide by zero error in Grid daniel(a)wagner-home.com**20080926204148] [-DUTF8 flag with -DUSE_UTF8 gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080921154014] [XSelection.hs: use CPP to compile against utf8-string gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080920151615] [add XMonad.Config.Azerty Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080924044946] [flip GridRatio to match convention (x/y) Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080922033354] [let Grid have a configurable aspect ratio goal daniel(a)wagner-home.com**20080922010950] [Paste.hs: +warning about ASCII limitations gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080921155038] [Paste.hs: shorten comment lines to under 80 columns per sjanssen gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080921154950] [Forgot to enable historyFilter :( Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921094254] [Prompt: add configurable history filters Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921093453] [Update my config to use 'statusBar' Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921063513] [Rename pasteKey functions to sendKey Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921062016] [DynamicLog: doc fixes Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921061314] [Move XMonad.Util.XPaste to XMonad.Util.Paste Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080921060947] [statusBar now supplies the action to toggle struts Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080918013858] [cleanup - use currentTag Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080921011159] [XPaste.hs: improve author info gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080920152342] [+XMonad.Util.XPaste: a module for pasting strings to windows gwern0(a)gmail.com**20080920152106] [UrgencyHook bug fix: cleanupUrgents should clean up reminders, too Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080920062117] [Sketch of XMonad.Config.Monad Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080917081838] [raiseMaster seanmce33(a)gmail.com**20080912184830] [Add missing space between dzen command and flags Daniel Neri <daniel.neri(a)sigicom.com>**20080915131009] [Big DynamicLog refactor. Added statusBar, improved compositionality for dzen and xmobar Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080913205931 Compatibility notes: - dzen type change - xmobar type change - dynamicLogDzen removed - dynamicLogXmobar removed ] [Take maintainership of XMonad.Prompt Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080911230442] [Overhaul Prompt to use a zipper for history navigation. Fixes issue #216 Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080911225940] [Use the new completion on tab setting Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080911085940] [Only start to show the completion window with more than one match Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20080908110129] [XPrompt: Add showCompletionOnTab option Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de>**20080908105758 This patch partially implements http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=215 It adds a XPConfig option that, if enabled, hides the completion window until the user presses Tab once. Default behaviour is preserved. TODO: If Tab causes a unique completion, continue to hide the completion window. ] [XMonad.Actions.Plane.planeKeys: function to make easier to configure Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva <marcot(a)riseup.net>**20080714153601] [XMonad.Actions.Plane: removed unneeded hiding Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva <marcot(a)riseup.net>**20080714152631] [Improvements in documentation Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva <marcot(a)riseup.net>**20080709002425] [Fix haddock typos in XMonad.Config.{Desktop,Gnome,Kde} Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080911040808] [add clearUrgents for your keys Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080909055425] [add reminder functionality to UrgencyHook Devin Mullins <me(a)twifkak.com>**20080824200548 I'm considering rewriting remindWhen and suppressWhen as UrgencyHookModifiers, so to speak. Bleh. ] [TAG 0.8 Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com>**20080905195420] Patch bundle hash: c25bdc9fad76dda0fec8dc42650397a3cdf980f5

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darcs patch: Add TabbedModifier layout modifer
by Adam Vogt 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Fri Feb 20 01:18:19 EST 2009 Adam Vogt <vogt.adam(a)gmail.com> * Add TabbedModifier layout modifer Allows arbitrary windows to be combined into tabs groups. The group focus follows the StackSet focus, and groups can be combined with a simple message. Currently the Merge message's parameters can only be provided by a new WindowNavigation message (Apply).

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darcs patch: Add TabbedModifier layout modifer
by Adam Vogt 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Fri Feb 20 00:47:04 EST 2009 Adam Vogt <vogt.adam(a)gmail.com> * Add TabbedModifier layout modifer Allows arbitrary windows to be combined into tabs groups. The group focus follows the StackSet focus, and groups can be combined with a simple message. Currently the Merge message's parameters can only be provided by a new WindowNavigation message (Apply).

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Issue 276 in xmonad: switching keyboard focus to a wine app is odd
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Comment #1 on issue 276 by redbeard0531: switching keyboard focus to a wine app is odd http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=276 I just noticed that this only happens in a tiling layout. If I am in tabbed or full then alt-j/k works as expected. However alt-w/e to switch to/from the screen still doesn't correctly focus the app. -- 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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getting a string from a user
by lowly coder 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

I need to get a string from the user + do funky things with it. This is like inverse of spawn "xmessage ... " Dmenu does not "work" because I don't want to immediately run the program -- I need xmonad to get the string + do things with it + control how the program is started. How can I do this? Thanks!

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Issue 276 in xmonad: switching keyboard focus to a wine app is odd
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 276 by redbeard0531: switching keyboard focus to a wine app is odd http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=276 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. run "wine notepad" (should be installed with wine) 2. type some text (works now) 3. use alt-j/k to move focus away from notepad and back 4. type some text (nothing happons) 5. click on notepad 6. type some test (works now) Note: for step 5 you could also switch to another workspace and back, hiding and showing notepad, and focus would return. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? wine should be notified of recieving focus, no matter how it occurs. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? xmonad 0.8.1 on ArchLinux wine-1.1.15 Please provide any additional information below. AwsomeWM also has this issue. Alt-tab to switch focus works in xfwm4 (xfce). If this error is due to a module from XMonadContrib, please tag this issue with 'Component-Contrib' below. -- 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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X.M.TabbedModifier is the Tabbed-Solution
by Dominik Bruhn 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hy everybody, the patch by Adam Vogt containing the "TabbedModifier" seems the solution to my wishes (see my mail "Real Tabbing support"). Although its not perfekt at the moment it seems the right way. I got the following anotations: 1. Before applying it to the rep fix the following error: The documentation is wrong, it imports a module named Tabify which was renamed to TabbedModifier. Also the keybinding for the "UnTab" is wrong, it should read: "sendMessage . Tab.UnTab" instead of "sendMessage . UnTab" because of the imorts. 2. Sometimes, some of the tab-headers are not drawn but stay empty. 3. Sometimes a tab-switch also moves the whole window around. To repoduce check the following: Take a empty Workspace with the "Tall" Layout. Open three console-windows and open some applications in them (ill take top, htop and mutt). Stack all of the to the left (using Ctrl+Mod+H), so that all three are on the same tabbed-stack. Now UnTab the first window (moves to the right) and try switiching tabs (two tabs remain). On every Tab-Switch the Tab-Stack moves from left to right or right to left. 4. A keybinding for only switching tabs is missing. So Adam, thanks a lot for your work! Perhaps if we could fix these errors we get a goot tabbing solution. Thanks -- Dominik Bruhn mailto: dominik(a)dbruhn.de

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