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Issue 483 in xmonad: Shell prompt freezes when a file has a non-ASCII name
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 483 by pi8...(a)gmail.com: Shell prompt freezes when a file has a non-ASCII name http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=483 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Make the new file which has a non-ASCII name on the home directory. 2. Start shell prompt. 3. Input "./". What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Complement all files on the home directory. Shell prompt freezes. Attachments: XMonad.Prompt.Shell.patch 164 bytes

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xmobar
by Marco Guidetti 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Hi all, I have started using xmonad very recently but so far so good, almost everything works exactly as it should. One of the biggest issue I am dealing with right now is xmobar. I mean: I use two different xmobar instances in xmonad (one at the top and one at the bottom of the screen): the top one has time/battery/xmonad stuff (as in windows, workspace and layout info), the bottom some weather stuff/cpu and so on. I start them in this way: xmproc <- spawnPipe "xmobar ~/.xmobaruprc" (for the top one, which uses DynamicLog) and spawn "xmobar ~/.xmobarrc" (for the bottom one) Obviously this leads to having multiple instances of xmobar running each time i press mod4Mask+q to restart xmonad (which happens quite frequently since I am still configuring all the stuff I need and playing around with xmonad to understand it better). I have seen that in XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog (xmobar) there is a way to do this (even if I still don't fully comprehend how to use it for the DynamicLog, for example). It's not clear to me how to use for multiple xmobar instances (as in my case). Can someone point to relevant examples (I have found the doc/wiki page, but I don't get it)? Thank you, marco PS On request, I can provide my full xmonad.hs

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Issue 469 in xmonad: The --replace flag does not work
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 469 by kris...(a)emptybox.org: The --replace flag does not work http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=469 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. xmonad --replace What is the expected output? What do you see instead? I expect xmonad to replace the running window manager as documented in xmonad --help Usage: xmonad [OPTION] Options: --help Print this message --version Print the version number --recompile Recompile your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs --replace Replace the running window manager with xmonad --restart Request a running xmonad process to restart Instead the following occurs: xmonad --replace xmonad: user error (unrecognized flags) xmonad --version xmonad 0.10 (the latest version from darcs)

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Fwd: Patch for haskell-x11
by Mathias Svensson 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hello. I was asked to forward this to the xmonad-list if Spencer didn't answer. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mathias Svensson <mathias(a)diku.dk> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM Subject: Patch for haskell-x11 To: spencerjanssen(a)gmail.com Hi. I found a bug in the haskell-x11 library, causing all keybindings in xmonad to fail on big-endian systems. The problem is that the keycode in XKeyEvent is an "unsigned int" and not a "KeyCode" (which is an alias for unsigned char). However in Graphics/X11/Xlib/{Event,Extras}.hsc is is read as though it was a KeyCode. This causes no problems on x86 as they result in the same data being saved. However on big-endian this assumption means that the read keycode is always 0. I have fixed the problems in Event.hsc and Extras.hsc, that caused xmonad to not work on big-endian, though I'm pretty sure there is a lot more similar bugs out there (such as first_keycode in XMappingEvent being an int). -- Mathias 'Idolf Hatler' Svensson

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darcs patch: Additional messages for SplitGrid layout (and 3 more)
by Norbert Zeh 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

4 patches for repository http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib: Tue Dec 15 15:21:42 AST 2009 Norbert Zeh <nzeh(a)cs.dal.ca> * Additional messages for SplitGrid layout This patch introduces two new message SetMasterRows and SetMasterCols for the X.GridVariants.SplitGrid layout, which set the number of rows/columns in the master grid to the given value. This is useful when setting the number of rows and/or columns non-incrementally using an interface such as GridSelect. Wed Apr 6 11:02:13 ADT 2011 Norbert Zeh <nzeh(a)cs.dal.ca> * Support for scratchpad applications with multiple windows I recently found that I use xpad to add sticky notes to my desktop. I wanted to be able to show/hide these in the same fashion as regular scratchpads. This patch adds a function that allows to do this while reusing most of the existing NamedScratchpad code. Wed Sep 7 10:33:04 ADT 2011 nzeh(a)cs.dal.ca * Better control over GridVariants geometry Added new messages the layout understands to allow changing the grid aspect ratio and setting the fraction of the master to a given value rather than changing it relative to the current value. Thu Nov 10 12:17:01 AST 2011 Norbert Zeh <nzeh(a)cs.dal.ca> * X.A.Navigation2D This is a new module to support directional navigation across multiple screens. As such it is related to X.A.WindowNavigation and X.L.WindowNavigation, but it is more general. For a detailed discussion of the differences, see http://www.cs.dal.ca/~nzeh/xmonad/Navigation2D.pdf.

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darcs patch: Export types to reduce haddock warnings.
by Adam Vogt 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

1 patch for repository code.haskell.org:/srv/code/XMonadContrib: Sat Oct 23 15:57:55 EDT 2010 Adam Vogt <vogt.adam(a)gmail.com> * Export types to reduce haddock warnings.

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Volume Keys
by Marco Guidetti 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi all, thank you for all the feedback about the xmobar stuff: I have resolved in using an external script which manages both xmobar instances, except for the one that is with spawnPipe. It works and seems reasonable. Now, there is something more I'd like to fix. I have a Lenovo X220, and I am trying to use the mute/volume buttons. I have read something online about using this: ((0, XF86AudioLowerVolume), spawn "amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB-") ((0, XF86AudioRaiseVolume), spawn "amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+") [in this case xmonad --recompile returns something along the line of "there is no XF86AudioRaiseVolume in current context"] or like this: ((0, 0x1008FF11), spawn "amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB-") ((0, 0x1008FF13), spawn "amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+") [in this case a recompile succeeds, but nothing changes: probably the 0x is wrong?] but neither of them is not working. I tried to use xev to get the keycode of the volume buttons, but xev does not react at all when I press them. This *really* puzzles me, since they do work if I use my old gnome-based setup. So .... ideas? :) Thank you very much, marco PS I realize a simple solution is to bind the spawn "amixer ..." stuff to something else on the keyboard, but it doesn't seem right :)

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Revisiting XMonad.Prompt
by Nathaniel Filardo 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

I have wanted, for a long while, to revisit XMonad.Prompt and make it use the main event hook, rather than its own sneaky manipulation down in IO land. I've started working on it as I consider the current behavior a bit of a wart, but it will mean the loss of mkXPromptWithReturn and the making-asynchronous of mkXPrompt. (i.e. The String -> X () argument will be invoked after the function has returned.) In looking through XMonadContrib, it looks like most users of XMonad.Prompt would be OK with this; xmonad-extras' XMonad.Prompt.Eval and XMonad.Prompt.MPD would need to be rewritten (which I can do, I think) and so I wonder if other users would notice the shift? If there's not overwhelming objection, I'll get a patch out soon for people to review. Thanks in advance. --nwf;

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Re: [xmonad] exiting: asking for confirmation (or a four-key combination)
by wagnerdm＠seas.upenn.edu 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Quoting Brandon Allbery <allbery.b(a)gmail.com>: > Daniel's solution has the potential for problems, because xmonad's main > loop isn't processing events while it's running. (This is a common problem Can you suggest a way to manifest this problem? I tried a bunch of stuff (shift+insert, middle-clicking on dmenu, middle-clicking outside of dmenu, hitting ctrl-c), and none of it hung xmonad; what else can I try? Anyway, my understanding of the putSelection problem was that xmonad made two threads, both making X calls, and this was the problem; the solution I posted uses two processes (not threads). Furthermore, xmonad-contrib module XMonad.Util.Dmenu defines functions whose source I basically copied and pasted to write my code snippet (but they don't allow custom prompt strings). If there's a danger when using them, that danger NEEDS to be added to the documentation. ~d

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xmonad as an outsider
by Weeble 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

I have been reading the xmonad development thread, and it got me to thinking about my experiences with xmonad. I definitely think things could be improved, but I'm not sure how would be best. Maybe it's all a documentation thing, or maybe some of it could be new or changed APIs. I'll just try to explain how I have experienced xmonad, and what gave me problems. First of all, as background, I am a programmer. I did a little Haskell at university, but not much and I use it so rarely that I can never remember the syntax. Mostly I program in C#, C++, Python and a little bit of Coffeescript. I run Ubuntu on a laptop and mostly only install stuff via apt-get. I like the command-line and vim, but I'm no anti-mouse purist and spend a lot of time using only the mouse or the touchpad while browsing the web. I think I first installed xmonad via apt-get, and at some point had some problem that meant moving to cabal or darcs. That was a bit of a pain, especially trying to understand where each of these things had put files and knowing whether I'd successfully uninstalled them later. What is much more of a pain is months later when I try to change something and realise I need to upgrade and then I'm not even sure how I installed xmonad in the first place, so I'm not sure what I need to do to update it. After an upgrade to a new version of Ubuntu there's generally a period of a few weeks before I find the time to figure out how to get xmonad up and running again. Configuring xmonad is generally pretty mystifying. Even though I have a basic knowledge of Haskell, it's often very hard to untangle things in the config file or in examples. Problems I've had: * Strange symbols, like ".|.", "|||", "-->", "=?", "<&&>". These can't be Googled for, so it's hard to find out what they do or where they're defined. Haskell already has lots of operators that aren't particularly familiar to programmers coming from other languages, so this just seems to add to the confusion. * Hard to find out where functions are defined. Example configuration files generally import all modules into the one big namespace. In Python, the equivalent construct, "from foo import *" is generally discouraged for this reason, but I don't know what's conventional in Haskell. It seems the forms "import Module (x,y,z)" or "import qualified Module" would be better for example configuration files, as they aid discoverability: then when I see a name used in a configuration file I can easily see which module it came from without having to grep through source files. * Poor layout documentation. One of the things I was most interested when I was a new user was in finding out what layouts were available and how to compose them. I found the layout documentation to be very limited. There's no overview and there are no diagrams, just a great big list of layout names, so to find anything you pretty much have to try them all one by one. Even worse, some of them require arguments that they do not document. E.g. http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-Dishes.html If there is somewhere that shows example screenshots of all these layouts, it would be good if it was more prominently linked from the docs. * Baffling failure messages. If you make a mistake in your xmonad configuration, or if you upgrade and the API for something has changed, the error messages are generally very hard to understand, and it can take quite a deep understanding of Haskell to realise that you just missed out an argument or used the wrong operator. I think most of these things can be improved, though maybe not the error messages. I really love *using* xmonad, and I've not found another window manager that I'm nearly as happy with, but the horror of *configuring* xmonad wastes a lot of my time and makes me disinclined to recommend it to others. Weeble.

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