December 2014 - xmonad

Use atomic window props in window manage hook
by Chris Bell 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hi, all I was wondering, how could I set a window to float based on its atomic window properties? I'm running Xmonad raw on top of X on Fedora 20; no DE. According to xprop, the only 'special' property of this window is: _NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY particularly the STATE_ABOVE property. So far, I haven't found a reliable way to extract and check if this property exists is set within a mange hook. I've tried pulling the entire property as a stringProperty - and later as an atomic using getAtom - and looking for my string with IsInfixOf (but I think that was pretty misguided, since it wouldn't compile), and I've tried checking against: ( isInProperty "_NET_WM_STATE" "_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE" ) and have also tried it with "_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM)". I don't get any compile errors, but... it doesn't automatically float the windows, either. I apologize if it's something simple I'm overlooking - I've found the Haskell difficulty curve to be more extreme than any other language I've worked with. With the possible exception of Matlab. The window is one of those fancy special new "panel" not-windows that Chrome is implementing; it's for the Hangouts extension with 'enable panels' turned on in chrome://flags/#enable-panels. They're frustrating, because Chrome can actually handle them as dockable internal window, docking them at the bottom of the browser. Or it can be handled by the OS WM. All of the window properties are identical to a normal Chrome window, except the STATE_ABOVE flag, so that's all I can think to use. Any suggestions are more than welcome. Regards, Chris Bell Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant, Gentleman, Scholar, Penguin Wrangler University of South Florida College of Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering NarMOS Research Team, Official Daemon Charmer

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Issue 538 in xmonad: X.H.DynamicBars call to xrrSelectInput has no effect
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 538 by johnnysp...(a)gmail.com: X.H.DynamicBars call to xrrSelectInput has no effect http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=538 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Use attached xmonad.hs (vanilla + minimal DynamicBars). 2. Turn second display off and on: xrandr --output VGA1 --off xrandr --output VGA1 --preferred --right-of LVDS1 Bonus: 3. Apply select_input_fix.dpatch, rebuild and restart xmonad. 4. Turn second display off and on. 5. Undo previous patch, apply select_input_not_fix.dpatch, rebuild and restart xmonad. 6. Turn second display off and on. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected: In steps 2, 4, and 6: see "DESTROYING"/"CREATING" messages in xmonad output. Actual: Only step 4 produces the expected messages. Steps 2 and 6 produce no output. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? xmonad 0.11 (darcs) xmonad-contrib 0.11 (darcs) xorg 1.14.0 xrandr 1.4.0 X11 (Haskell binding) 1.6.1.1 Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". "xmonad --recompile" produces no output. Please provide any additional information below. I'm expecting step 2 to work because dynStatusBarStartup calls xrrSelectInput. This apparently doesn't do what it's supposed to do for me, possibly for the same reason that step 6 doesn't work. Attachments: xmonad.hs 551 bytes select_input_fix.dpatch 2.2 KB select_input_not_fix.dpatch 2.3 KB -- 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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Auto-detect multiple monitors ...
by aditya siram 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

Hi all, I've been using XMonad for a while but mostly just on my laptop. Recently I've started hooking it up to a monitor, but unfortunately I can't seem to tell XMonad that it's a second monitor. I have to mirror the current display or stretch it across multiple monitors. Can someone give me a starting point? I'm comfortable in Haskell. Thanks! -deech

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xmonad as WM for Gnome 3 in Debian jessie
by Thomas Koch 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hi, I'm installing a new machine with debian jessie which comes with xmonad 0.11 and gnome 3.14. On debian wheezy I could easily use xmonad as the window manager for gnome. Has anybody managed to do the same with a more recent gnome (classic)? What would be a good strategy to try? I've opened a debian bug about this: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=772179 Regards, Thomas Koch

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Issue 447 in xmonad: installation breaks copy/paste feature of vmware-tools
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 447 by t...(a)timsears.com: installation breaks copy/paste feature of vmware-tools http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=447 Any idea why installing xmonad would break the copy/paste function of vmware? What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Running Ubuntu 10.10 under VMware Fusion under macosx 10.6 (Snow Leopard) 2. apt-get install xmonad 3. Try and copy/paste from the mac into a terminal window on Ubuntu. Doesn't matter if xmonad is running or if the session has been restarted. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Ubuntu loses track of the copy/paste buffer. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? see above. Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". no Please provide any additional information below. The system is repaired by running "apt-get uninstall xmonad" This only uninstalls the xmonad package not it dependencies.

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Re: [xmonad] Issue 177 in xmonad: xmonad does not follow ICCCM and ignores WM_TAKE_FOCUS protocol
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Comment #127 on issue 177 by vogt.a...(a)gmail.com: xmonad does not follow ICCCM and ignores WM_TAKE_FOCUS protocol http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=177 losinski.j, If I were to `cabal upload' now, it's possible that you might still need to add to the logHook `setWMName "LG3D"' to get your java app to work.

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Issue 350 in xmonad: Investigate using Dyre for xmonad configuration
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

Status: Accepted Owner: gwern0 Labels: Milestone-Release1.0 New issue 350 by SpencerJanssen: Investigate using Dyre for xmonad configuration http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=350 http://hackage.haskell.org/package/dyre Things we need to know before switching: * Can we make the transition seamless for our users? This means the config file format, location remain unchanged. * Is the maintainer available and cooperative? Will bug reports and patches be attended to in a timely manner? -- 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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