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What we're working on, and what's next
by dons＠cse.unsw.edu.au 02 May '07

02 May '07

Just to keep everyone informed about what is happening: * currently Spencer's working on the floating layer, some patches are landing, and we've discussed how to finish this. I'll probably start reviewing his patches by the weekend. * once the floating layer is stabilised, we'll turn to configurable layout. -- Don

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darcs patch: add RotView module.
by David Roundy 02 May '07

02 May '07

Sat Apr 21 16:38:38 PDT 2007 David Roundy <droundy(a)darcs.net> * add RotView module.

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tshirts, yes, tshirts!
by dons＠cse.unsw.edu.au 02 May '07

02 May '07

Thanks to work by David Lazar, who also hosts xmonad.org for us, we now have rather nice xmonad tshirts! http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=2125373#top and http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=2124110#top :-) No one is making any money from these, other than the tshirt company, they're just for fun. -- Don

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darcs patch: run QC tests in addition to LOC test
by Jason Creighton 02 May '07

02 May '07

Wed May 2 18:32:02 MDT 2007 Jason Creighton <jcreigh(a)gmail.com> * run QC tests in addition to LOC test

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[patch] size hints
by Peter De Wachter 02 May '07

02 May '07

This patch makes xmonad obey (some) size hints set by clients, for example the aspect ratio hint set by mplayer. I also implemented the max size and size increment hints, as some clients seem to get confused if their window is "too large" (for example Xephyr). Problems with this patch: - The hints are retrieved every wm operation, which could hurt over a slow link. They should be cached (and xmonad should listen to property events) - The code is not integrated in the layout algorithm, which results in ugly gaps between windows. - Too many lines of code.

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patch: XMonadContrib.DwmPromote: dwm-like promote
by Miikka Koskinen 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hullo, I like the way dwm's equivalent to xmonad promote works, so I implemented dwmpromote. See the patch for details. -- Miikka Koskinen (also known as arcatan)

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How we wrote xmonad: part 1: StackSet + QuickCheck
by dons＠cse.unsw.edu.au 01 May '07

01 May '07

I've written a blog post on how the core of xmonad is implemented and QuickChecked. It might be useful for those seeking to understand the code: http://programming.reddit.com/info/1mcu8/comments -- Don

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darcs patch: configurable border colors
by Jason Creighton 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Sun Apr 29 22:38:59 MDT 2007 Jason Creighton <jcreigh(a)gmail.com> * configurable border colors This also fixes a bug where xmonad was assuming a 24-bit display, and just using, eg, 0xff0000 as an index into a colormap without querying the X server to determine the proper pixel value for "red".

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A plan for external configuration and extension
by dons＠cse.unsw.edu.au 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

So we've got a plan for collecting and distributing all the nice config.hs and external program hacks for xmonad. The idea is to pull extensions from a central repo of extensions: http://darcs.haskell.org/~sjanssen/XMonadContrib/ An example of how to use, e.g. the simpleDate popup menu extension here: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/code/xmonad-web/contrib.html (And on xmonad.org/contrib.html soon). Basically, keep all extensions as haskell modules (and external programs) in this repo. Users then darcs pull (or wget) to overlay the extensions on their xmonad repo. Once downloaded, using an extension is as simple as editing Config.hs: import XMonadContrib.SimpleDate and adding a key binding, building and mod-shift-ctrl-q reloading. Hopefully this will address the tension between a minimal, high polished xmonad core, with arbitrarily complex 3rd party extensions. Have you written a nice extension? Have an interesting Config.hs? If so, please stick them in XMonadContrib, and send us the patch! Demo Config.hs and other programs should also be contributed as patches to the examples/ subdirectory. -- Don

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gmane archives
by dons＠cse.unsw.edu.au 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

xmonad@ email is also archived on gmane now, http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.xmonad/ -- Don

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