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Re: Make the red border around active window more visible
by Nick Urbanik 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Thank you for this! On 23/11/10 02:57 -0500, wagnerdm(a)seas.upenn.edu wrote: >borderWidth seems to be just what you're looking for. > >main = xmonad defaultConfig { borderWidth = 30 } -- BORDERS ARE HUGE LIKE XBOX Unfortunately, I haven't learned Haskell sufficiently to understand where to put this in my configuration, which looks like this: imports... myManageHook = composeAll [ className =? "Gimp" --> doFloat , className =? "Vncviewer" --> doFloat ] main = do xmproc <- spawnPipe "xmobar" xmonad $ defaultConfig { terminal = "Terminal" , manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook -- make sure to include myManageHook definition from above <+> manageHook defaultConfig , layoutHook = avoidStruts $ layoutHook defaultConfig , logHook = dynamicLogWithPP $ xmobarPP { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc , ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten 50 } , modMask = mod4Mask -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key } `additionalKeys` [ ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_z), spawn "xscreensaver-command -lock") , ((controlMask, xK_Print), spawn "sleep 0.2; scrot -s") , ((0, xK_Print), spawn "scrot") ] -- Nick Urbanik http://nicku.org nicku(a)nicku.org GPG: 7FFA CDC7 5A77 0558 DC7A 790A 16DF EC5B BB9D 2C24 ID: BB9D2C24

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Make the red border around active window more visible
by Nick Urbanik 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear Folks, I sometimes have trouble spotting the narrow 1-pixel wide red border that indicates the active window. I'd like to make it more obvious to myself. Any suggestions on how I could go about that? -- Nick Urbanik http://nicku.org nicku(a)nicku.org GPG: 7FFA CDC7 5A77 0558 DC7A 790A 16DF EC5B BB9D 2C24 ID: BB9D2C24

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shortcut doesn't work
by Raphael Bauduin 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi, I'm a recent xmonad convert, and I'm really happy with xmonad. Big thanks to the developers! I'm trying to define a shortcut to paste the clipboard content with xte. HEre's the definition (with EzConfig): ("M-v", spawn "xte 'mouseclick 2'" ) the problem is that this shortcut does not work. But this one works fine (2 steps shortcut): ("M-w v", spawn "xte 'mouseclick 2'" ) Any suggestions why? You can fine my whole config at http://pastie.org/1315686 Thanks Raph -- Web database: http://www.myowndb.com Free Software Developers Meeting: http://www.fosdem.org

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xmonad-contrib fails to build
by Tony Morris 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, xmonad-contrib 0.9.1 is failing to build with GHC 6.12.1. I was wondering if upgrading to GHC 6.12.3 would fix this. If not, then what other options are there? $ cabal install xmonad-contrib Resolving dependencies... Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.9.1... Preprocessing library xmonad-contrib-0.9.1... Building xmonad-contrib-0.9.1... [ 1 of 180] Compiling XMonad.Util.Replace ( XMonad/Util/Replace.hs, dist/build/XMonad/Util/Replace.o ) XMonad/Util/Replace.hs:1:0: Warning: Module `Prelude' is deprecated: You are using the old package `base' version 3.x. Future GHC versions will not support base version 3.x. You should update your code to use the new base version 4.x. [ 2 of 180] Compiling XMonad.Util.CustomKeys ( XMonad/Util/CustomKeys.hs, dist/build/XMonad/Util/CustomKeys.o ) XMonad/Util/CustomKeys.hs:80:23: Not in scope: data constructor `Reader' cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: xmonad-contrib-0.9.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkznqBsACgkQmnpgrYe6r63HKwCgu40bSQfYKirQboUCUnBGUUYR fqIAoLH5M9NfoNxKvnhEcLEboZl6TN7M =pTmC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [xmonad] separate log for each Xinerama screen
by Oleksandr Manzyuk 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi Adam, Thanks for the link to your configuration. Indeed, it basically provides the behavior I wanted to have, except that I also wanted to make the status bar on an unfocused screen show something useful (like the title of the last focused window and the layout on that screen). On the other hand, your code allows to use different pretty-printers for the focused and unfocused screens. Hm... It looks like the changes I am suggesting are not general enough. Should I make a patch or should we think about factoring the existing functionality even further? In the former case, should I change the (admittedly provisional) names dynamicLogWithPP', dynamicLogString', and pprWindowSet' to longer but more descriptive dynamicLogWithPPonScreen, dynamicLogStringOnScreen, and ppWindowSetOnScreen? Best, Sasha

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Issue 421 in xmonad: Xmonad.Prompt: add a timeout?
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Status: Accepted Owner: nomeata Labels: Type-Enhancement Component-Contrib Usability New issue 421 by nomeata: Xmonad.Prompt: add a timeout? http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=421 A user of the Debian package reported the following issue (http://bugs.debian.org/603769) Hello, There should possibly be a way for the user to configure a timeout in the prompt module. There could be times (like when xev or xkeycaps is running) when none of the escape/quit keys for the prompt would work. In this situation, a timeout would save the user. Regards, Kapil.

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xmobar/dzen, Esc, and mendeley
by Ramon Diaz-Uriarte 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Dear All, I just noticed a strange interaction (strange at least to me) when running with xmobar (or dzen). - Mendeley desktop allows one to view a pdf "fullscreen". To exit from full screen you are supposed to press "Esc" (or Ctrl-Return, though this I do not see documented anywhere). However, bailing out of fullscreen does not work unless: a) one is using "smartBorders $ Full" AND b) if one runs dzen or xmobar, one toggless off the menu bar. It is a good thing that, regardless of the layout when one enters into mendeley, a) and b) will always work. So the fix is easy. Still, I do not understand the problem, and it seems that Mendeley is not seeing a key press it should be seeing. I have not experienced this with any other program other than Mendeley. I googled around and have not found similar patterns. (Interestingly enough, I could not get away from fullscreen mode in scrotwm; under Bluetile, predictably, it only works under the "F" layout). Best, R. -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz Phone: +34-91-732-8000 ext. 3019 Fax: +-34-91-224-6972

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separate log for each Xinerama screen
by Oleksandr Manzyuk 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello all, I've been experimenting with XMonad recently and I've come up with a solution to the following "problem": I have a dual-head setup and am running two status bars on the top of each screen; I would like to be able to display in each status bar the information that is relevant to the corresponding screen. In particular, when I am moving the focus around, staying on one screen, the window title shown in the status bar of that screen should be changing according to the focused window, while that shown in the status bar on the other screen should not and should show the title of the window that would have the focus if I switched to the other screen. Similarly for layouts. On the other hand, both status bars should show the same list of hidden non-empty workspaces. This way, when I'm doing something on a particular screen I don't have to turn my head to find out which workspace I am on and what is my current layout. The solution I have is sufficiently general, so that I thought it could be added to XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module. In that module there are functions dynamicLogWithPP, dynamicLogString, and pprWindowSet that operate on the current screen; I wrote the functions dynamicLogWithPP', dynamicLogString', and pprWindowSet' that are like their undashed counterparts but take the screen to operate on as the first argument. This way I can do xmobar screen template commands = spawnPipe . intercalate " " $ options where options = [ "xmobar" , "-x" , show screen , "-t" , wrap "'" "'" template , "-c" , wrap "'" "'" commands ] main = do xmobar0 <- xmobar 0 "%StdinReader%}{" "[Run StdinReader]" xmobar1 <- xmobar 1 "%StdinReader%}{%date%" "[Run StdinReader, Run Date \"%a %b %_d, %H:%M\" \"date\" 10]" xmonad $ defaultConfig { ... , logHook = myLogHook [ pp { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmobar0 } , pp { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmobar1 } ] ... } myLogHook pps = do screens <- (sortBy (compare `on` S.screen) . S.screens) `fmap` gets windowset zipWithM_ dynamicLogWithPP' screens pps and be happy! If you are interested, please see https://github.com/manzyuk/dotfiles for details. I don't know if this is a valuable addition, but it works very well for me, so I thought I would share. Best, Sasha

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Switch Workspace Focus
by Eyal Erez 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi, I have key-bindings set for changing focus to a specific workspace. By default this is set to Alt-w/e/r. I would like to define a key-binding for switching workspace focus to the next workspace. Switching while on the last workspace should move focus to the first. 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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Re: Issue 409 in xmonad: Xmonad does not have a shutdown hook
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Comment #1 on issue 409 by nwfilardo: Xmonad does not have a shutdown hook http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=409 An amended patch to the xmonad core. Apparently I was a bit out of it last time through. Attachments: shutdownHook.dpatch 10.7 KB

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