Re: [Xmonad] darcs patch: first shot at a floating layer

xmonad:

David Roundy writes:

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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:37:34PM +0100, Bruce Stephens wrote:

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Maybe there's a place for a per-screen decoration layer, always visible, in which I can stick clocks, status bars, GNOME panels, etc.? Hmm, maybe just things that just display information (rather than interact)? (And then maybe I could use xcompmgr or something to make them translucent?)

Let's keep the number of layers down, and just allow windows to be present in multiple workspaces.

Ah, but that's tricky for xinerama, as I understand it. Anyway, I was just suggesting one new layer per screen, so that doesn't feel huge. Admittedly, presumably it's conceptually a new kind of layer, which is bad. And maybe it's not worth it.

My hunch is the right way to do this is to have some windows always present on a screen. I'm thinking of that in terms of something like the new floating layers, but maybe there's a cleaner way to do it.

I note that by explicitly unmanaging a window, and using float mode to move it into the gap, you can set any client whatsoerver as sticky/ statusbar: , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_u ), withFocused unmanage) -- Don