Well, I can't help craft a solution, but I can explain what is
(probably) going on. If you shift a window to an invisible workspace
in the manage hook, xmonad won't even bother mapping the window -- and
mplayer is likely waiting until the window is mapped before playing
the movie.
~d
Quoting Nathaniel Filardo
Hi all,
I wasn't able to find a solution to this, though it's possible I missed some previous discussion. If my manageHook contains "title =? "MPlayer" --> doShift wkM" then, as expected, MPlayer's windows get sent to wkM. However, unless wkM is currently on screen, mplayer does not begin playing. If I bring wkM on screen, it starts, and when I bring something else onscreen instead, mplayer continues to play. FWIW, This is a pretty stock Debian testing machine.
Suggestions? Thanks in advance. --nwf;
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