September 2010 - xmonad

Newbie question on xmonad startup capability
by Sean Charles 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Is it possible to write a start-up script so that when xmonad runs it will create a preset bunch of windows, desktopo arrangements etc as well as open the nominated applications as thought= done by a ghostly hand? I don't expect the app state to be preserved, not unless I was using Squeak but it would be nice to have it start and open my faveourite apps in my favourite window spaces etc Thanks Sean -- _"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools arguing."_ - ANON.

3 2

Re: Issue 311 in xmonad: using noBorders on tabbed layout freezes tab bar on workspace change
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Updates: Status: Accepted Labels: Type-Defect Component-Contrib Comment #5 on issue 311 by byorgey: using noBorders on tabbed layout freezes tab bar on workspace change http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=311 (No comment was entered for this change.) -- 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

1 2

Re: [xmonad] Upgrading repo formats
by Gwern Branwen 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:40 PM, adam vogt <vogt.adam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> While waiting on a slow connection today to darcs get XMC, I had time >> to ponder. The patches are (or would be) in my global cache, so it >> could go much faster. Why doesn't it? Because xmonad-contrib and >> xmonad-core are both still using darcs-1 fomatted repositories. >> >> Is there any particular reason to not upgrade? Even Debian Stable has >> Darcs 2.x (http://packages.debian.org/lenny/darcs) so it's not as if >> there are many people who would be unable to do a darcs get. >> >> -- >> gwern > > I support this. > > Since this isn't something we can easily rollback, (without the messy > situation of keeping the unupgraded repository updated in parallel), it > is important to have some consensus before updating repo formats. What now? Nobody has objected here, and it's been several days, so I would guess not many will object in the future. I would point out that besides the mere 12 pulls using darcs 1.x this month - which could all be due to just 1 user - Xmonad has broken ghc 6.6 support, and I wouldn't be surprised if ghc 6.8 support was now broken. So anyone actually *using* darcs xmonad-core/xmonad-contrib must be using a recent GHC, and there are Darcs 2.xs which support 6.8 and probably 6.6 as well. Which implies that anyone using darcs xmonad is capable of upgrading to Darcs 2. We don't to worry about anyone locked down to Darcs 1.x. The question is whether we have the will to actually upgrade the repos and make people re-'darcs get' the repos. I think we do, and that the long-term benefits of cached patches and fewer conflicts and active Darcs support and whatnot justify the short-term pain. But ultimately, while I could unilaterally upgrade xmonad-contrib, dons and sjanssen are the only ones who can upgrade xmonad-core, and I'd feel pretty silly doing only half the job. -- gwern

5 7

tsclient
by Tony Morris 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

On my linux machine running GNOME with xmonad 0.9 tsclient (Terminal Services Client) runs as an undocked window. This is particular annoying and made worse by the fact that I have to run a docked window behind, otherwise I cannot release the focus. Does anyone have a suitable solution to this problem? -- Tony Morris http://tmorris.net/

2 3

Issue 401 in xmonad: Quick use of mouse in tabbed layout makes xmonad enter a loop switching windows
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 401 by stenyak: Quick use of mouse in tabbed layout makes xmonad enter a loop switching windows http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=401 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Switch to tabbed layout. 2. Open at least two windows. 3. Click (click and release left mouse button) on the tab of another window. 4. Before the newly selected window is rendered on screen, move the mouse down to the (still old) window. Time between point 3 and 4 is about 200ms max in my computer (if you use the mouse fast or your computer is slow, the bug can happen very often, which is irritating). What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Xmonad should simply change to the newly selected window. Instead, it starts to switch from the old to the new window in an infinite loop. The window-switching loop can be ended by clicking on one of the tabs (without reproducing the bug again, which means, clicking "slowly"). What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? This is a Linux Mint. $ xmonad --version xmonad 0.8.1 $ uname -a Linux ironstk 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/debian_version squeeze/sid $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ helena main upstream import deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ karmic partner deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". $ xmonad --recompile $ (the command doesn't output anything) Please provide any additional information below. Attachments: xmonad.hs 9.9 KB

1 1

darcs patch: add-togglehook (and 1 more)
by mathstuf＠gmail.com 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

2 patches for repository http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib: Sat Jun 26 00:16:13 EDT 2010 mathstuf(a)gmail.com * add-togglehook This patch adds the XMonad.Hooks.ToggleHook hook to allow any hook to be applied conditionally to new windows. Based off of X.H.FloatNext, it has switches for just the next window and all following windows. It includes actions to bind to keys to be able to toggle the state, loggers to allow the current state to be printed in the statusbar via dynamicLogPP. Sat Sep 4 21:16:35 EDT 2010 mathstuf(a)gmail.com * floatnext-port-to-togglehook Ports the code for X.H.FloatNext to use the ToggleNext class.

1 0

No Keyboard to Dialogs in Netbeans with XMonad
by aditya siram 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, Most times pop-up dialogs in Netbeans don't accept any keyboard input but they do respond to mouse input. I have to close and open them several times before a cursor shows up. I used the documented setWMName hack [1] to get around the Java grey screen issue. I am running Netbeans 6.9 and Xmonad 0.9.1. thanks! -deech main = xmonad $ defaultConfig { focusFollowsMouse = False , XMonad.keys = newKeys, layoutHook = showWName mylayoutHook , terminal="gnome-terminal", startupHook = setWMName "LG3D" -- get around Java grey screen issue }

3 3

Numbered tabs in IM.Tabbed
by Sergey Alirzaev 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

I've made some code to jump around tabs in a more comfortable way: curstack :: W.StackSet i l a sid sd -> W.Stack a curstack s = fromJust $ W.stack $ W.workspace $ W.current s focused s = (\(Stack _ ls rs) -> length ls) $ curstack s tabJump :: Int -> X () tabJump x = withWindowSet (\s -> (\c -> focusNth $ if c `mod` 10 == x then c + 10 else x) $ focused s) and "[((modm .|. mod1Mask, k), tabJump i) | (i, k) <- zip [0..9] [xK_0 .. xK_9]]" to the keybindings Can i make the tabs' labels show the number of the window in the front of the label without modifying xmonad-contrib?

1 0

Emacs Speedbar Focus Issues
by aditya siram 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, I am having an issue with the Emacs speedbar switching focus to the main Emacs window but XMonad does not follow. I am running XMonad 0.9.1 and Emacs version 23.2.2. To reproduce: 1) Switch to the speedbar window 2) Select a buffer and hit "Enter" Keyboard focus now switches to the main editing window, but the red Xmonad border stays with the Speedbar. thanks ! -deech

2 1