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Upgrading repo formats
by Gwern Branwen 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

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

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Issue 392 in xmonad: gnomeConfig in XMonad.Config.Gnome messes with the Gnome settings for mouse pointer
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 392 by magnus.therning: gnomeConfig in XMonad.Config.Gnome messes with the Gnome settings for mouse pointer http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=392 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Change the mouse pointer to a pretty one, using Gnome's config utilities. 2. Use 'main = xmonad gnomeConfig' in your xmonad.hs 3. Make sure to log out and then back in again. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? I expected the left pointer to be the pretty one I configured it to be in Gnome. Instead it's set to the default, ugly X11 pointer. (All other pointer types are unaffected.) Currently it's left to each user to fix this, by e.g. using main = xmonad $ gnomeConfig { startupHook = gnomeRegister >> ewmhDesktopsStartup } That seems rather silly to me. Surely the default config for use on Gnome should leave the pointer configuration to match what the user configured in Gnome. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? % pacman -Q xmonad xmonad-contrib xmonad 0.9.1-3 xmonad-contrib 0.9.1-2 Arch Linux -- 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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How to give focus to gnome panel?
by papa.eric＠free.fr 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hi helpers, I run Xmonad with Gnome on Archlinux. The usual shortcut Ctrl-Alt-Tab that gives focus to the Gnome panel does not work (I suppose it is a Metacity shortcut). Does anyone know how to configure Xmonad to do that ? In xmonad-contrib in Desktop.Gnome there is not function to give focus to the panel, what could I use instead ? Thanks, Eric

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Re: [xmonad] Left pointer gone, again
by Magnus Therning 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 02:53, Wirt Wolff <wirtwolff(a)gmail.com> wrote: [..] > Yeah, I would definitely support that, and probably many others would too. > The setting of the pointer was a heated bike-shed issue when it first came > up, hehe. It seemed completely obvious to the person submitting the patches > that of course xmonad should do this, while it was equally obvious to others > that this should be a desktop environment or user set item. > > Your justification that a desktop environment base config like gnomeConfig > shouldn't overwrite settings from the DE seems more reasonable and "self > evident" than most all the points people made to get it included. > > Thanks for confirming that this happens and being willing to file a bug. > I've gotten pretty lazy about sending patches or working on documentation so > likely won't take any further action but to express my support for the > change, but hopefully someone will step up. I raised bug 392[1] for it. I also attached a proposed fix. > If you use the gnome task bar you may want a `>> ewmhDesktopsStartupHook' in > there too, to initialize the extended window manager hints items. Yes, I noticed that one myself this morning, just before reading emails :-) /M [1] http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=392 -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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how to get google chrome to open midi files with timidity
by Sean Neilan 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

hey all, I'm just wondering if other users of xmonad have been through the process of getting files to open with specified programs. like, when I click on a downloaded midi file in google chrome, I'd like it to run timidity on that file. I'm on Ubuntu 9.10 running xmonad over X11. thank you for your time. -Sean

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Re: [xmonad] Left pointer gone, again
by Magnus Therning 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

On 22/04/10 00:28, Wirt Wolff wrote: > Excerpts from Magnus Therning's message of Wed Apr 21 05:40:26 -0600 2010: >>> Excerpts from Magnus Therning's message of Tue Apr 20 11:22:51 -0600 2010: > >> I'm logging in to my Gnome desktop using GDM. I configure the pointer via >> the Gnome configuration utilities. [..] > Did you just upgrade to xmonad 0.9 or start using one of the desktop > configs? In this case it seems likely the desktops startupHook is creating > the problem. I'd try first with xmonad's startupHook cut down to `return ()' > or `ewmhDesktopsStartupHook' as appropriate, then re-login. It's been a while so I don't remember whether I noticed it after an upgrade. In any case I did what you suggested and it worked fine. It turns out that the gnomeConfig startupHook is defined as 'gnomeRegister >> startupHook desktopConfig' and desktopConfig in turn sets the pointer. I added a custom startupHook to my config like so: main = xmonad $ gnomeConfig { modMask = mod4Mask , workspaces = myWorkspaces , keys = myKeys , layoutHook = myLayoutHook , manageHook = myManageHook -- by default the Gnome Cfg uses the Desktop startupHook, but it screws with the pointer! , startupHook = gnomeRegister } That takes care of it. I'm tempted to raise a bug on the gnomeConfig, since it seems rather silly to have a basic Gnome configuration for Xmonad that screws with the mouse pointer like this :-) Thanks for your help! /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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Left pointer gone, again
by Magnus Therning 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Once again my normally beautiful left pointer has been replaced by the ugly standard X left pointer. As has been the case in the past[1] it's only in some places that it happens. This time it doesn't seem to work to set the pointer using xsetroot though. Any suggestions on what could be the issue here? How do I get rid of the ugly X left pointer? /M [1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2008-March/004984.html -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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XMC: tests/* no longer compiles
by Gwern Branwen 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

The QC 1 v 2 errors aside, they seem to be quite bitrotten eg. for test_Selective.hs test_Selective.hs:18:4: `coarbitrary' is not a (visible) method of class `Arbitrary' test_Selective.hs:20:20: Not in scope: type constructor or class `Selection' test_Selective.hs:25:29: Not in scope: data constructor `Sel' test_Selective.hs:26:4: `coarbitrary' is not a (visible) method of class `Arbitrary' test_Selective.hs:34:26: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:34:48: Not in scope: `nMaster' test_Selective.hs:34:63: Not in scope: `nRest' test_Selective.hs:35:17: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:38:50: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:39:17: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:43:10: Not in scope: `nMaster' test_Selective.hs:43:48: Not in scope: `nMaster' test_Selective.hs:43:74: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:46:65: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:47:17: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:52:26: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:58:27: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:62:40: Not in scope: `nMaster' test_Selective.hs:62:49: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:63:43: Not in scope: `nMaster' test_Selective.hs:63:59: Not in scope: `start' test_Selective.hs:64:17: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:65:40: Not in scope: `nRest' test_Selective.hs:65:47: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:70:16: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:73:15: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:74:15: Not in scope: `select' test_Selective.hs:78:16: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:81:15: Not in scope: `update' test_Selective.hs:82:15: Not in scope: `select' I've pushed 1 patches updating module imports and aavogt did another, but I can't seem to get ghci to load the right QuickCheck version so I'm punting on fixing any other possible errors. -- gwern

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Re: [xmonad] darcs patch: Pass extensible state via an environment variable when restarting
by Gwern Branwen 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Daniel Schoepe > <daniel.schoepe(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> Excerpts from Gwern Branwen's message of Mon Apr 05 20:00:59 +0200 2010: >>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Does anyone have any feedback on this patch? It's been hanging around >>> > for months now. >>> >>> Ping. >>> >> >> The problem probably won't happen very often, but it happened to >> someone in #xmonad at least once and I don't see any downsides to >> applying the patch. > > Thoughts? Ping. This is a core patch, so only you 2 can apply it. -- gwern

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darcs patch: X.L.MouseResizableTile: configurable gaps (dragger siz...
by Tomas Janousek 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hello, as agreed upon on IRC, here's the patch to optionally get rid of the gaps in MRT. It looks a bit ugly, though -- ideas for improvement welcome. 1 patch for repository http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib: Thu Apr 15 13:25:29 CEST 2010 Tomas Janousek <tomi(a)nomi.cz> * X.L.MouseResizableTile: configurable gaps (dragger size and position) (with the option of putting the draggers over window borders with no gaps at all) -- Tomáš Janoušek, a.k.a. Liskni_si, http://work.lisk.in/

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