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exiting: asking for confirmation (or a four-key combination)
by Ramon Diaz-Uriarte 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Dear All, Occasionally, I do something silly and by mistake type modMask + shift + q and xmonad, as it should, immediately exits. When done accidentally, this is a pain. So: a) is there a way to get xmonad to ask for confirmation to exit? b) alternatively, can I define four (of five) key combinations, so I need to do something really contrived to exit? I've searched both answers without success, and my attempts at four-key combinations have not worked (even if I get xmonad --recompile to run). Thanks, R. -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Department of Biochemistry, Lab B-25. Facultad de Medicina (UAM) Arzobispo Morcillo, 2 28029 Madrid Spain Phone: +34-91-497-2412 Email: rdiaz02(a)gmail.com ramon.diaz(a)iib.uam.es http://ligarto.org/rdiaz

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Re: Issue 126 in xmonad: xmonad doesn't warn when xmonad executable cannot be found
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Updates: Summary: xmonad doesn't warn when xmonad executable cannot be found Status: Accepted Labels: Usability Comment #6 on issue 126 by vogt.adam: xmonad doesn't warn when xmonad executable cannot be found http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=126 In #xmonad today, jeffwheeler had some trouble getting his config to reload. It seems like this problem could have been avoided by adding a bit of logic to the default config: Currently M-q is bound to: spawn "xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart" This could instead be something like: spawn $ "which xmonad && { xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart } || " ++ "xmessage xmonad not in \$PATH: \"$PATH\"" But maybe this logic should be implemented in haskell, or is the /bin/sh syntax used here going to work everywhere? -- 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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register XMonad as window manager with X
by Jochen Keil 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I have switched from gnome to xfce and came across some issues with xfce + xmonad. One more prominent issue was that xfce4-panel checks if a window manager is running. It does so by looking through all atoms with XGetSelectionOwner(). However, XMonad does not set a window manager atom using XSetSelectionOwner(). Therefore it takes some time until xfce4-panel times out and finally starts up. To overcome this situation I took some code from XMonad's Main.hsc and wrote a function to register XMonad with an atom. registerXMonad :: X () registerXMonad = do dpy <- asks display root <- asks theRoot wmSnAtom <- io $ internAtom dpy ("WM_S" ++ show (defaultScreen dpy)) False io $ xSetSelectionOwner dpy wmSnAtom root currentTime Currently I'm running this from the startupHook, but I think this would be more appropriate in XMonad's Main. Best Regards, Jochen

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Issue 482 in xmonad: Full system freeze
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 482 by witsqu...(a)lavabit.com: Full system freeze http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=482 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Run xmonad with nvidia graphics card is the only know constant 2. 3. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The system completely freezes, no response to keyboard or mouse input, cannot switch TTYs. Cannot SSH into the machine. This does not occur for me in other WMs (openbox, xfce). What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? 0.9.2 from cabal on Archlinux. Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". Please provide any additional information below. There are a number of users on the Arch forum experiencing this same issue. The bug may be in xorg, but only xmonad users are getting this issue, so I wanted to notify you guys and see if we can get your input on this. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129439

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Re: [xmonad] Problem with custom layout
by Jan-David Quesel 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hey, I used the following layout: reflectHoriz $ combineTwo (TwoPane delta ratio) (modifyLayout $ tabbed shrinkText defaultTheme) -- 2nd column layout (due to reflect) (modifyLayout $ tabbed shrinkText defaultTheme) -- 1st column layout (due to reflect), unused Hope it helps constructing a solution to your issue. Regards, Jan On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 01:36:37PM -0800, Phil Thomson wrote: > Hi Jan, > > Thanks for the reply. I actually started with the L.Combo and > L.LayoutCombinators but had trouble producing the behaviour I > wanted. I switched to using the Master/Simplest/Tabbed combo on the > advice of someone on the IRC channel after that didn't work. > > Would you mind hpasting or sharing your xmonad.hs if you think > there's something in it I might be able to steal? > > I haven't gotten much response to my post yet, given the discussion > about the xmonad project itself; maybe I'll try re-posting in a > while when things are quieter. Didn't get much reply on IRC either. > Guess I'll just keep at it. :-) > > Thanks again, > > Phil > > > On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:10:26 +0100, Jan-David Quesel wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have the same issue. The only solution I found so far was using > >a layout combinator like X.L.Combo but then it really gets messy > >with switching and shifting windows etc... but it might be a > >starting point... > > > >Regards, > >Jan > > > >On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 12:13:40AM -0800, Phil Thomson wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I have been trying to build a custom layout for my small-screen > >>netbook. The layout consists of a master area which contains one > >>window and (if there is more than one window) a slave area in which > >>all other windows are tabbed. > >> > >>My xmonad.hs is here: http://hpaste.org/53712 > >> > >>The magic comes from this line in myLayoutHook: > >> > >>addTabsAlways shrinkText myTabConfig (mastered 0.05 0.5 Simplest) > >> > >>which relies on XMonad.Layout.Master, XMonad.Layout.Simplest and > >>XMonad.Layout.Tabbed. > >> > >>The problem for me is that when I have, say, 3 windows open, and > >>window #3 (the second window in the tabbed slave area) is focused, > >>if I switch to window #1 (the master window), then window #2 (the > >>first window in the tabbed slave area) is raised (though not > >>focused) so that I can no longer see window #3. The behaviour I > >>would like is for window #3 to remain visible when I switch to the > >>master window and, more generally, for whatever slave window has > >>been visible to remain visible when I switch to the master area. > >> > >>I have tried another two-paned layout without being able to > >>eliminate the problematic behaviour. > >> > >>Does anyone know 1) another way to implement the layout I am looking > >>for with the behaviour I want or 2) a way to produce the behaviour I > >>desire with my existing custom layout? > >> > >>Phil > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>xmonad mailing list > >>xmonad(a)haskell.org > >>http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/xmonad > >> > > -- Jan-David Quesel Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Department of Computing Science Correct System Design D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany Phone: +49 (0)441 798-2376 Fax: +49 (0)441 798-2965

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Re: [xmonad] Issue 462 in xmonad: Ewmh desktop handle event doesn't correctly handle _NET_WM_DESKTOP message type
by codesite-noreply＠google.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Comment #3 on issue 462 by punitagr...(a)gmail.com: Ewmh desktop handle event doesn't correctly handle _NET_WM_DESKTOP message type http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=462 Hi, Thanks for the code sample. I tried it out but it didn't fix the issue I encountered. I played with the ewmhCopyWindow function and the following version sort of makes things better - diff -rN old-XMonadContrib/XMonad/Hooks/EwmhDesktops.hs new-XMonadContrib/XMonad/Hooks/EwmhDesktops.hs 34a35 > import XMonad.Actions.CopyWindow 54c55 < , handleEventHook = handleEventHook c +++ ewmhDesktopsEventHook --- > , handleEventHook = handleEventHook c +++ > ewmhDesktopsEventHook `mappend` ewmhCopyWindow 145a147,148 > {- else if n == 0xffffffff then > windows $ W.shiftWin (W.currentTag s) w -} 148a152 > trace $ "focus"++show w 157a162,176 > ewmhCopyWindow :: Event -> X All > ewmhCopyWindow ClientMessageEvent { > ev_window = w, > ev_message_type = mt, > ev_data = 0xffffffff : _ > } = withWindowSet $ \s -> do > a_d <- getAtom "_NET_WM_DESKTOP" > when (mt == a_d) $ do > sort' <- getSortByIndex > let ws = map W.tag $ sort' $ W.workspaces s > windows $ foldr (.) id (map (copyWindow w) ws) > trace $ show w > return (All True) > ewmhCopyWindow _ = return (All True) On further searching I think what I am really after are the changes that come in with http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=430. Now if only I can understand the code and make it work with my setup.

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Problem with custom layout
by Phil Thomson 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi all, I have been trying to build a custom layout for my small-screen netbook. The layout consists of a master area which contains one window and (if there is more than one window) a slave area in which all other windows are tabbed. My xmonad.hs is here: http://hpaste.org/53712 The magic comes from this line in myLayoutHook: addTabsAlways shrinkText myTabConfig (mastered 0.05 0.5 Simplest) which relies on XMonad.Layout.Master, XMonad.Layout.Simplest and XMonad.Layout.Tabbed. The problem for me is that when I have, say, 3 windows open, and window #3 (the second window in the tabbed slave area) is focused, if I switch to window #1 (the master window), then window #2 (the first window in the tabbed slave area) is raised (though not focused) so that I can no longer see window #3. The behaviour I would like is for window #3 to remain visible when I switch to the master window and, more generally, for whatever slave window has been visible to remain visible when I switch to the master area. I have tried another two-paned layout without being able to eliminate the problematic behaviour. Does anyone know 1) another way to implement the layout I am looking for with the behaviour I want or 2) a way to produce the behaviour I desire with my existing custom layout? Phil

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XMonad-contrib installation problem
by RCY 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi, On my Ubuntu 11.10, I installed xmonad using 'cabal install xmonad' However 'cabal install xmonad-contrib' failed with the errors shown below. I have also listed the output from 'ghc-pkg list'. I would appreciate help in fixing this problem. Thanks, Recif %cabal install xmonad-contrib Resolving dependencies... Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.9.2... Warning: This package indirectly depends on multiple versions of the same package. This is highly likely to cause a compile failure. package process-1.0.1.5 requires directory-1.1.0.0 package haskell98-1.1.0.1 requires directory-1.1.0.0 package xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 requires directory-1.1.0.0 package xmonad-0.9.2 requires directory-1.1.0.0 package process-1.0.1.5 requires directory-1.1.0.0 package haskell98-1.1.0.1 requires process-1.0.1.5 package xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 requires process-1.0.1.5 package xmonad-0.9.2 requires process-1.0.1.5 package process-1.0.1.5 requires unix-2.4.2.0 package directory-1.1.0.0 requires unix-2.4.2.0 package xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 requires unix-2.5.0.0 package xmonad-0.9.2 requires unix-2.5.0.0 package process-1.0.1.5 requires unix-2.5.0.0 package directory-1.1.0.0 requires unix-2.5.0.0 Preprocessing library xmonad-contrib-0.9.2... Building xmonad-contrib-0.9.2... <command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id directory-1.1.0.0-ec90bcfb4e24c74a65b384bc1d58afa8: directory-1.1.0.0-ec90bcfb4e24c74a65b384bc1d58afa8 is shadowed by package directory-1.1.0.0-393d8e95f1c0dd6ee908e122f924ac85 (use -v for more information) cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 %ghc-pkg list /var/lib/ghc-7.0.3/package.conf.d Cabal-1.10.1.0 X11-1.5.0.0 X11-xft-0.3 array-0.3.0.2 base-4.3.1.0 bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 bytestring-0.9.1.10 containers-0.4.0.0 directory-1.1.0.0 extensible-exceptions-0.1.1.2 filepath-1.2.0.0 ghc-7.0.3 ghc-binary-0.5.0.2 ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 haskell2010-1.0.0.0 haskell98-1.1.0.1 hpc-0.5.0.6 integer-gmp-0.2.0.3 mtl-2.0.1.0 old-locale-1.0.0.2 old-time-1.0.0.6 pretty-1.0.1.2 process-1.0.1.5 random-1.0.0.3 rts-1.0 syb-0.3 template-haskell-2.5.0.0 time-1.2.0.3 transformers-0.2.2.0 unix-2.4.2.0 utf8-string-0.3.6 xmonad-0.9.2 xmonad-contrib-0.9.2 /home/rc/.ghc/x86_64-linux-7.0.3/package.conf.d directory-1.1.0.0 process-1.0.1.5 strict-0.3.2 unix-2.5.0.0 xdg-basedir-0.2.1 xmonad-0.9.2

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Re: [xmonad] [Haskell-cafe] howto best use emacs + tiling WM (Xmonad, DWM)
by Yitzchak Gale 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hi kaffeepause73, I am continuing this discussion on the xmonad list. As Jason pointed out, that is the right place for it. kaffeepause73 wrote: > I'm using dwm which I really love (ev. consider switching to xmonad). > However when I'm working with emacs (programming haskell) und dwm I feel, > I'm not as effecient as I eventually could be... > When I create new frames for emacs with strg-x 5-2 then I'm sort getting > closer to where I would like to be, but then I find myself having [two] windows > on which I switch buffers and I get "confused" again. That's what I do. Except I only use ^X-5-f and ^X-5-r. I don't get confused, because I (almost) never switch buffers within a frame. Instead, I move the frames around using xmonad. Each frame is a buffer. I use the 3-column layout in xmonad. So I always have 3-5 emacs frames on each of the windows, with some frames double-height and some regular height. (My screen is pretty big.) I organize them so that I can see all of the buffers I am working at once in the same window. I use xmonad keys to move the focus around, to move the frames around within a window, to change between regular and double-height, and to move them between windows. I can also mix in other kinds of windows when needed, like a PDF viewer or a browser pane. With this set up and 4 xmonad windows, I can work efficiently with up to 20 emacs buffers. That's more than enough for me. > If there is an good solution within emacs and the emacs mode than I'm of > course also more than open for it. I'm not sure why you prefer that. For me, xmonad is a much better window manager than emacs. Thanks, Yitz

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Map of Xmonad Users
by heathmatlock 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Looking to map the location of users, here's the map, and don't forget to put yourself on it. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=206578397069667369090.0004b0f017bf3d4ac… I'm hoping it will help Xmonad users find others nearby. -- Heath Matlock +1 256 274 4225

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