Re: [xmonad] run a program when switching to a workspace

Excerpts from Roman Cheplyaka's message of Tue May 26 20:29:28 +0200 2009:

* Sergey Manucharian [2009-05-26 09:58:57-0600]

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On Mon, 25 May 2009 19:03:28 +0400 Khudyakov Alexey wrote:

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On Monday 25 of May 2009 18:47:42 Sergey Manucharian wrote:

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Hi folks,

How can I configure xmonad to run a program when switching to a particular workspace? Example: I want to run a script changing the keyboard layout to "us" unconditionally when I'm on particular workspaces (with ssh, rdesktop etc.).

Why not.

Use something like this. I used key bindings description from EZConfig.

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(("M-w") , spawn "some-program" >> windows $ W.greedyView "Some workspace")

Thanks for the reply, Alexey.

Wouldn't it just add another key binding? What I meant is e.g. if I switch to the workspace "1" (no matter how) the keyboard layout falls to default one ("us") by running a script. In that case a key binding will not help...

Try TopicSpace module: http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib/XMonad/Actions/TopicSpace.hs

Currently TopicSpace have support for spawning a command when you enter an empty workspace, not each time you enter it. However it could be a nice addition. However I'm wondering if a hook would not be more appropriated. Best regards, -- Nicolas Pouillard