Re: [xmonad] Ignore single window for focus follows mouse?

6 Dec 2011

      I'm close, but I only know how to get the opposite of the functionality I
want. The code below prevents focus on all windows except those with the
name "Call with " but I actually want it to focus on any window except that
one. But ManageHook doesn't define a negation operator, just "=?", so I'm
not sure how to do it (pardon my lack of haskell literacy ;p). Also, what I
really want to do is match the regex ".*Call with.*" but I figured I'd try
to get it working with an exact name first.

In general, when you have a Query Bool, is there a way to get the Bool out
of it so you can do normal operations? I know this is related to how monads
work, but I don't really understand xmonad's architecture yet.

-- Focus follows mouse is annoying for skype
followEventHook event = followOnlyIf (notSkype) event
  where notSkype =
          runQuery ((stringProperty "WM_NAME") =? "Call with ") (ev_window
event)

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Brent Yorgey  wrote:
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On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 12:54:28PM -0400, Norbert Zeh wrote:
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wagnerdm@seas.upenn.edu [2011.12.05 0948 -0500]:
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Quoting Joseph Garvin :
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The FAQ mentions you can set focusFollowsMouse to false to disable it
completely, but I'd like to disable focus following the mouse only
when
moving the mouse over a particular window (the pointer going over any
other
window should still cause that window to get focus). Is there an easy
way
to do that?
Maybe "followOnlyIf" from
http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-MagicFocus.html
...
will help you.
Slightly OT: I was reading the original question and thought "well, this
is
really something esoteric that probably requires a homebrewed solution".
 So it
turns out I was wrong.  Wow, I'm impressed!
I don't think it's that esoteric.  I use followOnlyIf for the
"inverse" situation: I have focusFollowsMouse off by default, except
for Gimp windows where it is enabled.
-Brent
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