Maurício wrote:

Hi,

Hey Maurício.

I'm using this as my manage hook:

mH = ( ask >>= doF . sink )

I don't understand much about X and xmonad. I read 'sink' clears the float flag from a window. However, some windows (like the one from 'dmenu') still do not appear as other windows managed by my layout.

Of course, this is the way it should be. But I would like that all (even 'dlmenu') windows be managed by the layout manager.

The reason for this is dmenu signaling that it doesn't want to be managed (redirected) by the window manager. Xmonad (and probably all other WMs) respects this flag and will not touch these windows, in fact Xmonad completly ingnores them.

Is there, maybe, some other flag I should clear or set?

The flag is called "override redirect" and is set by the application. You've got 2 options here. Either modify the respective application so it doesn't set that flag anymore or xmonad to not ignore the windows setting it. _I wouldn't recommend either._ Applications set the override redirect flag for a reason! In case of dmenu you will most certainly experience strange drawing and updating issues for the simple reason that dmenu is not designed to handle changing window sizes at runtime.

Thanks, Maurício

HTH, Rob.