Border colors dependent on layout algorithm

In the spirit of making all state explicit, I want to hack up Xmonad to use different border colors depending on the mode. The particular situation of annoyance is when in full-screen mode, I forget that there are other hidden windows, and just assume that I'm in some other mode with only one window. There are a large number of configurations in which the current mode is not immediately discernable from the layout. Has anyone made such a modification? My first glance at the codebase suggests this is a nontrivial modification, and I didn't see anything related in the archives, so I figured it would be best to ask the mailing list before groking & hacking the project. Thanks, Jacob

On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 02:43:31AM +0100, Jacob King wrote:
The particular situation of annoyance is when in full-screen mode, I forget that there are other hidden windows, and just assume that I'm in some other mode with only one window. Heh, that's why I replaced Full with Tabbed.
There are a large number of configurations in which the current mode is not immediately discernable from the layout. True, I use a 2x2 grid of terms pretty often. I suppose that's why other people use a status bar. :)
Has anyone made such a modification? You might want to check out X.L.NoBorders and X.L.WindowNavigation.
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Devin Mullins
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Jacob King