October 2012 - xmonad

Issue 509 in xmonad: Sometimes cannot switch focus using keyboard shortcuts
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 509 by dcl...(a)gmail.com: Sometimes cannot switch focus using keyboard shortcuts http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=509 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Launch terminal 2. Launch another program using Mod-S-p 3. Try to switch window focus using M-S-j What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Window should switch focus. Window does not switch focus. Need to use mouse to regain control of focus. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? xmonad 0.10. Ubuntu Precise. Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". No output of xmonad --recompile. File is attached. Please provide any additional information below. The problem seems to happen intermittently and cannot always be reproduced. Attachments: xmonad.hs 3.3 KB

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Re: Issue 177 in xmonad: xmonad does not follow ICCCM and ignores WM_TAKE_FOCUS protocol
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Comment #24 on issue 177 by vogt.adam: xmonad does not follow ICCCM and ignores WM_TAKE_FOCUS protocol http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=177 Geoff Reedy's last patch doesn't apply cleanly against latest darcs (due to the merging of extensible state stuff). Attached is a patch bundle including the old ones that probably works as the old one did. Attachments: track-currently-processing-event.dpatch 16.1 KB -- 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 515 in xmonad: XMonad freezes occasionally when using Gridselect (XMonadContrib)
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 515 by bmathiasen: XMonad freezes occasionally when using Gridselect (XMonadContrib) http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=515 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Toggling Gridselect (goToSelected/gridselectWorkspace) 2. Attempt to move to another window or workspace. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected output: Normal 2D grid of windows/workspaces, that I can swap to using the keyboard. What I see: The 2D grid opens, but any subsequent input from the keyboard will occasionally cause XMonad to freeze; windows and workspaces will become unresponsive. It is possible to go to another tty to kill xmonad, after which a WM can be launched on the appropriate display. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? XMonad version 0.10 (built from source, package manager, and Cabal) on the following OS's: - LinuxMint (DebianTesting edition) using XFCE4. - Xubuntu (11.10 and 12.04). - Ubuntu (12.04). All setups tried on two separate laptops, Lenovo Thinkpad X220 and T400s. Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". No output. Please provide any additional information below. My xmonad.hs uses custom functions for gridselecting windows and workspaces, but the same error occur with the default configuration. Upon freeze, there is no relevant error logging output in /var/log/messages, ~/.Xsession-errors or ~/.xmonad/xmonad.errors. Attachments: xmonad.hs 8.9 KB

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darcs patch: Config.hs: rm commented out keybinding (... (and 1 more)
by gwern0＠gmail.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

2 patches for repository community.haskell.org:/srv/code/xmonad: Thu Jan 12 19:01:15 EST 2012 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Config.hs: rm commented out keybinding (dead for years) Thu Jan 12 20:04:10 EST 2012 gwern0(a)gmail.com * Config.hs: implement mod-shift-/ newbie keybinding guide per http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=182

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Issue 513 in xmonad: 'Failed to load session "xmonad"' error after selecting "GNOME with Xmonad" option in lightdm on Quantel beta
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 513 by t...(a)takeontom.com: 'Failed to load session "xmonad"' error after selecting "GNOME with Xmonad" option in lightdm on Quantel beta http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=513 Note: this is similar to bug #512 and might/probably be the same underlying issue, but is arrived at in a different way and results in a different error Note: Have also added this bug to launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmonad/+bug/1047794 On a fairly virgin install of the Quantel beta: $ sudo apt-get install xmonad reboot select "GNOME with Xmonad" from lightdm attempt to login the screen redraws, sometimes to a blank screen, sometimes to the lightdm screen. the error 'Failed to load session "xmonad"' is displayed on a popup. pressing OK on the popup takes me back to lightdm. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xmonad 0.10-4build2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Sep 8 11:42:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xmonad UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Attachments: .xsession-errors 4.6 KB .xsession-errors.old 78 bytes lightdm.log 3.7 KB x-0.log 2.1 KB x-0-greeter.log 6.0 KB x-0-greeter.log.old 6.2 KB

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xinerama and workspaces
by timothyhobbs＠seznam.cz 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hello, I have tried both greedy and non greedy workspace switching. Neither is to my taste. Has anyone found a way to bind workspaces to monitors? I would like to have workspaces 1-4 on monitor 1 and 5-8 on monitor 2. So that if I press mod-1 I would switch focus to monitor 1 and monitor 1 would switch to workspace 1. And then if I pressed mod-6 focus would switch to monitor 2 (leaving monitor 1 at workspace 1) and then monitor 2 would switch to workspace 6. Thank you for your time, Timothy

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Same className, different titles --> same managehook
by Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I want to apply a similar configuration to some specific "children" from a window. I've been mixing managehooks, but looks very repetitive. composeAll [ className =? "Xfce4-panel" <&&> title =? "Panel" --> doFloat , className =? "Xfce4-panel" <&&> title =? "Add New Items" --> doFloat ...... ] <+> Which strategy should I use to make the same className applies to different titles? Regards, -- Pablo Olmos de Aguilera Corradini - @PaBLoX http://www.glatelier.org/ http://about.me/pablox/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/pablooda/ Linux User: #456971 - http://counter.li.org/

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shiftInsert behavior and Chromium...
by Trey Blancher 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Chromium, like many other GTK apps does not draw a distinction between primary selection buffer and the clipboard, CTRL-V and Shift-Insert copy from the clipboard. I stumbled upon a way to fudge it in Chrome/Chromium (or any other designated application), so CTRL-V does what I expect, and Shift-Insert pastes the primary buffer's contents. So far, so good. But this unfortunately breaks the application I use separate clipboard and primary buffers the most: urxvt. Here's the relevant XMonad code: shiftInsert w = let translatedProgs = ["Chromium", "Chrome"] in do c <- runQuery className w; let toTranslate = any (== c) translatedProgs if toTranslate then spawn ("CLIP=$(xclip -out -selection clipboard); xclip -out" ++ " | xclip -in -selection clipboard; xdotool key --clearmodifiers --window " ++ show w ++ " ctrl+v; echo -n $CLIP | xclip -in -selection clipboard") else sendKey shiftMask xK_Insert -- snip , ((shiftMask, xK_Insert), withFocused shiftInsert) -- snip If I comment out the ",((shiftMask, xK_Insert), withFocused shiftInsert)", I can paste the primary into urxvt again with shift-Insert, but Chromium goes back to pasting the clipboard with shift-Insert. One thing I did notice is that Shift-Ctrl-Insert works in urxvt with the above code enabled, but my muscle memory is for shiftInsert and I really don't want to change my behavior at this stage. As suggested in #xmonad, I've tried adding ,"urxvt" to translatedProgs, but that gives me the same undesirable behavior. Stumped yet again in XMonad land. Trey

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How to prefix workspace names with numbers?
by Hans Chen 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

Hi, I'm a new xmonad user, and despite knowing next to no Haskell, I've made xmonad work pretty much the way I want it. Fantastic! Now there's only one major thing I miss. Let's get to the point before boring you with rationales; I want DynamicLog to prefix my workspace names with a number, e.g. "web", "chat", "work" becomes "1:web", "2:chat", "3:work". I found a previous discussion[1] in the mailing list and a zsh script[2], but I would like to do it directly in xmonad.hs, presumable where I define my PP. (I use dzen2 to display the workspace names, if it makes any difference). My PP is pretty standard, you can find it here: http://paste.kde.org/564734/ So why do I want this? I use DynamicWorkspaces to create and delete workspaces on the fly, but still prefer to use Mod(+shift)+<number> to switch and move windows between workspaces. This is a bit hard, however, without a number next to the workspace name. I know that you can bind a key to selectWorkspace, but I find it faster to switch using the traditional method when you don't have many workspaces. I'm using xmonad 0.10 and xmonad-contrib 0.10, but I guess I wouldn't mind trying out darcs if it's needed. Help would be very much appreciated! With best regards, Hans ---- [1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2010-January/009683.html [2] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2010-February/009690.html

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Issue 518 in xmonad: [RFE] Wire up workscreens with XRandR
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 518 by MathStuf(a)gmail.com: [RFE] Wire up workscreens with XRandR http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=518 The workscreens should listen for screen count change events (see X.H.DynamicBars for an example).

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