October 2014 - xmonad

Startup Arguments
by Chris Bell 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

Hi, I run Xmonad on my laptop, where I sometimes have multiple displays (when I'm at my desk). As a result, I have two Xmonad configs - one for a single screen, and one for two screens, which spawns extra copies of some programs (xmobar, for example). However, to keep everything playing nice, I have to manually swap out the config each time I switch my monitor setup by editing my xmonad.hs. I tried adding code to use xrandr to detect how many screens are active, and execute the function accordingly, but this just caused my X session to break. My xinitrc script knows how many monitors are active, but I don't know how to pass that to Xmonad on startup. Is there a facility to pass arguments to Xmonad at startup from xinitrc? Or did I simply miss something in the documentation? Thanks! Chris Bell Ph.D. Student University of South Florida College of Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering NarMOS Research Team

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Issue 484 in xmonad: Use XDG Base Directory Specification
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 484 by cristikl...(a)gmail.com: Use XDG Base Directory Specification http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=484 Hello, Would it be possible to make xmonad respect the XDG Base Directory [1] specification? This would allow the user's home directory to be more organized and clearly separate configuration files, cache files and user data. For xmonad the following changes would be necessary: - move ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmonad/xmonad.hs - move other generated files (like xmonad.hi) to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/xmonad/ Thanks in advance, Cristian KLEIN. [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

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Issue 579 in xmonad: xmonad hangs when watching a video after suspend
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 579 by hobc...(a)gmail.com: xmonad hangs when watching a video after suspend https://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=579 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Suspend the machine 2. Recover from suspend 3. Open a video with vlc What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Instead of watching the video, I get no image, only sound, and xmonad becomes unresponsive, i.e. no key is working. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? version: 0.11, OS: Ubuntu Trusty Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". Please provide any additional information below. The problem occurs with any other video player. When I restart the machine and then try to watch a video, everything is fine. The problem appears after a suspend. -- You received this message because this project is configured to send all issue notifications to this address. You may adjust your notification preferences at: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Re: [xmonad] Issue 578 in xmonad: Make Query an instance of Applicative?
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Comment #4 on issue 578 by lambda.f...(a)gmail.com: Make Query an instance of Applicative? https://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=578 It looks like Query implements Applicative now [1]. Should we close this bug? [1] http://code.haskell.org/xmonad/src/XMonad/Core.hs -- You received this message because this project is configured to send all issue notifications to this address. You may adjust your notification preferences at: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

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Blog post on extending XMonad's builtin layouts.
by Mike Meyer 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

I just posted my documentation on extending Layout's: http://buff.ly/1CsrZsz Again, if someone who can edit the wiki wants to add this, they should feel free to do so. Or if they'd rather I do, let me know where to get an account and I'll do it when I find the time.

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Fwd: Integration with Gnome 3
by Alexandre Medeiros 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

Hello guys, Firstly, I know my problem is mostly related with Gnome, but I know it is more likely that one of you can help me. I'm trying to run Xmonad with Gnome 3.14 on my Arch system. I tried following both the ArchWiki[1] and the XmonadWiki[2] with no success. What I get is when I launch the session, the gnome-session breaks and I get a message "Somethings has gone really wrong" and my only option is to logout. If anyone has a solution for this or can point me in the right direction, I would be really grateful. Cheers, [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmonad#GNOME_3_and_xmonad [2] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Gnome3 -- Alexandre Medeiros Institute of Computing - University of Campinas BSc Computer Science Student GNU/Linux user #562691 http://alemedeiros.sdf.org/

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Patch to add configurable working directory
by Oliver Dunkl 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

For using xmonad for developing I have add some improvements to the function `getXMonadDir'. With that patch you can select the working-directory from where xmonad reads its configuration file (xmonad.hs). It reads the environment variable XMONAD_WORKING_DIR_NAME and if it is set the working-directory ist set to this directory name. If it is not set it works as before that means the working directory is $HOME/.xmonad. An example of using the environment variable: $ export XMONAD_WORKING_DIR_NAME=xmonad-test && xmonad means that xmonad try to start xmonad with the configuration file in the directory $HOME/.xmonad-test -> $HOME/.xmonad-test/xmonad.hs is the configuration file. In my case I start Xephyr with $ Xephyr :1 and after that I start xmonad with a different working directory $ DISPLAY=:1 && export XMONAD_WORKING_DIR_NAME=xmonad-test && xmonad br \= odi -- Oliver Dunkl WEB: http://github.com/odi IM: odi(a)jabber.ccc.de IRC: odi(irc.freenode.net)

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task bar
by Alain Bertrand 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

Hello all, I am new to xmonad, coming from many years of openbox. I want a taskbar to display the time, ibus/mozC status and a logout button with hibernate choice. This taskbar should be - either horizontal, in that case it shouldn't take all the screen width (I use XMonad.Layout.NoFrillsDecoration for the window title bar, so there is ample room left for what I display in the bar, - or vertical (to minimize use of screen realestate). What taskbar would do satisfy these criteria ? Thanks in advance. Alain

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Fwd: Patch to add new Layout message
by Mike Meyer 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Hit send before I had checked the headers, and it only went to Daniel. Sorry for the extra mail, Daniel. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Meyer <mwm(a)mired.org> Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [xmonad] Patch to add new Layout message To: Daniel Wagner <dmwit(a)dmwit.com> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Daniel Wagner <dmwit(a)dmwit.com> wrote: > Excerpts from Mike Meyer's message of 2014-09-23 07:31:08 -0700: > > The Message is called "SplitMaster", and has no arguments. It sets the > > client count of the master pane to 1 if it's not currently 1, thus > > providing a quick way to get back to that setting. It setgs the client > > count for the master pane to 2 if it's currently 1, effectively making > it a > > toggle between the two modes of a split master pane and an full size > master > > pane. > > Can this be done entirely from the configuration? For example, a > low-tech solution would be to simply have two Tall layouts in your > layout hook (one with one master pane and one with two master panes) and > a keybinding that toggles between them, e.g. using > X.A.CycleSelectedLayouts [1]. > > I recognize that this is not *identical*, but perhaps it's close to your > needs and doesn't require changes xmonad's corej > After thinking about it some, I would say using multiple Layouts won't work - but I'm not an expert. The problem for me is that I actually use multiple Layouts, and switching between them is a conceptually different thing from switching between one and two clients in the master pane. So using an extra layout for this would create extra steps when I wanted to change the number of clients in the master pane AND when I wanted to change layouts. I think I'd rather have the current behavior. If someone wants o Is there some way to have a configuration with two sets of layouts to toggle between? that would certainly do the trick. While I can see how to do that, I'm not sure it's in general a good idea and so suspect it's not there.

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Ultra Wide Monitors and Xmonad
by Eyal Erez 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hi, I'm thinking of buying one of these new ultra wide monitors <http://www.lg.com/us/ultrawide-monitors> that are 21:9. At this width, it doesn't really make sense for a single workspace to occupy the entire screen. I was wondering if there was a way to assign more than one workspace to a single monitor? Extra points for being able to add or remove workspaces at will. The goal is to have 2-3 workspaces on a single monitor side by side. Thank you, -- *Eyal Erez <**oneself(a)gmail.com* <oneself(a)gmail.com>*>* There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who don't.

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