Re: [xmonad] specific layout per workspace

On Nov 19, 2007 1:45 PM, Brent Yorgey wrote:

On Nov 19, 2007 12:11 PM, Don Stewart wrote:

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Hi guys,

Is there any way to configure xmonad in order to have a custom layout

lobzang: per

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workspace, for exemple : workspace 1 (xterm) : Layout $ Mirror tiled workspace 2 (web) : Layout Full workspace 3 (icq) : Layout tiled

This is a great idea, I wonder why we haven't thought of it before! There /must/ be a way to do it. Anyone have some thoughts?

Hmm, it seems like it would be possible to create a LayoutClass instance for something like (WorkspaceId -> Layout Window), which does layout by first getting the state from the X monad and using the current workspace id to select the layout to use. Perhaps I'll take a crack at it, unless someone thinks this isn't a good idea for some reason.

I just realized this would cause major problems for serializing layout state! Perhaps a Map from WorkspaceId to Layouts would work -- slightly less flexible, but it would work with serialization/layout preservation across restarts. Anyone have any comments/thoughts? -Brent