Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
I use XMonad.Actions.DynamicProjects.
I do not, but I do use XMonad.Actions.DynamicWorkspaces ...
Now, when I use switchProjectPrompt, I do not know how to create a new (not predefined) project called "em": as soon as I type "em" it matches "emacs" and on pressing enter the "emacs" project is created.
... which has similar issues. I'll try to find and describe the "official" solution I have in my config, below, but in practice I don't use it, because I hack around the problem with the following trick: 1. start the new dynamic namespace name with an underscore 2. type exactly the new name you want after the underscore 3. C-a to the beginning and delete the underscore 4. <RET> Now for the official solution, lemme see ... the relevant bits are something like gotoWorkspace = selectWorkspace myXPConfig makeWorkspace = selectWorkspace myXPConfig { autoComplete = Nothing } which I have bound to two different keys, with the latter not suffering from the problem you describe. selectWorkspace` is imported from XMonad.Actions.DynamicWorkspaces, so I guess it's equivalent to `switchProjectPrompt`. `myXPConfig` starts with myXPConfig = def { -- If only one completion remains, auto-select it after 1 -- microsecond. Increasing the delay could help to stop accidentally -- sending keypresses to the newly focused window, but with my -- current usage, 1 microsecond is working just fine. autoComplete = Just 1 and I now recall playing around with increasing the delay as an alternative solution, and not liking it. Git tells me that I created `makeWorkspace` & friends over 12 years ago, but, in practice, I've been using the underscore hack ever since, because, on the rare occasions that I need it, it's easier to remember the hack than the keybinding of `makeWorkspace`.