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#1 2010-07-23 17:17:49
- surreal-Arch
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[SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
Hello,
Been using dwm for about a week or so now and really like the tiling and minimalism. However, I am unable to get my command line applications to launch on a specific tag. I tested this functionality on XMonad and it works easily, but I really liked dwm's statusbar and am struggling to figure it out in XMonad.
So if someone could help me get a grasp on either:
1) launching command line apps on specific tag in dwm
2) recreating dwm's statusbar in XMonad
config.h
/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
#include "fibonacci.c"
/* appearance */
static const char font[] = "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
static const char normbordercolor[] = "#333333";
static const char normbgcolor[] = "#2D2D2D";
static const char normfgcolor[] = "#B3B3B3"; /* titlebar font color */
static const char selbordercolor[] = "#535353";
static const char selbgcolor[] = "#393939";
static const char selfgcolor[] = "#5DB8EC"; /* selected title font color */
static const unsigned int borderpx = 1; /* border pixel of windows */
static const unsigned int snap = 32; /* snap pixel */
static const Bool showbar = True; /* False means no bar */
static const Bool topbar = True; /* False means bottom bar */
/* tagging */
static const char *tags[] = { "main", "www", "dev", "media", "chat/torrent", "misc" };
static const Rule rules[] = {
/* class instance title tags mask isfloating monitor */
{ "Gimp", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, True, -1 },
{ "Namoroka", NULL, NULL, 1 << 1, False, -1 },
{ "Chromium", NULL, NULL, 1 << 1, False, -1 },
{ "Gvim", NULL, NULL, 1 << 2, False, -1 },
{ "Vlc", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, -1 },
};
/* layout(s) */
static const float mfact = 0.60; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95] */
static const Bool resizehints = True; /* True means respect size hints in tiled resizals */
static const Layout layouts[] = {
/* symbol arrange function */
{ "[T]", tile }, /* first entry is default */
{ "[F]", NULL }, /* no layout function means floating behavior */
{ "[M]", monocle },
{ "[@]", spiral },
{ "[D]", dwindle },
};
/* key definitions */
#define MODKEY Mod1Mask
#define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
{ MODKEY, KEY, view, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, toggleview, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, KEY, tag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY, toggletag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
/* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
/* commands */
static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", font, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
static const char *termcmd[] = { "urxvtc", "-tr", NULL };
static const char *mutecmd[] = { "amixer", "-q", "sset", "Master", "toggle", NULL };
static const char *volupcmd[] = { "amixer", "-q", "sset", "Master", "3+", "unmute", NULL };
static const char *voldowncmd[] = { "amixer", "-q", "sset", "Master", "3-", "unmute", NULL };
static const char *brightupcmd[] = { "sudo", "/usr/local/sbin/backlight", "up", NULL };
static const char *brightdowncmd[] = { "sudo", "/usr/local/sbin/backlight", "down", NULL };
static Key keys[] = {
/* modifier key function argument */
{ 0, 0x1008ff11, spawn, {.v = voldowncmd } },
{ 0, 0x1008ff12, spawn, {.v = mutecmd } },
{ 0, 0x1008ff13, spawn, {.v = volupcmd } },
{ 0, 0x1008ff03, spawn, {.v = brightdowncmd } },
{ 0, 0x1008ff02, spawn, {.v = brightupcmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_b, togglebar, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_j, focusstack, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_k, focusstack, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_h, setmfact, {.f = -0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_l, setmfact, {.f = +0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Return, zoom, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Tab, view, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_c, killclient, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_t, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[0]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_f, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[1]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_m, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_s, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[3]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_d, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[4]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_space, setlayout, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_space, togglefloating, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_0, view, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_0, tag, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_comma, focusmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_period, focusmon, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_comma, tagmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_period, tagmon, {.i = +1 } },
TAGKEYS( XK_1, 0)
TAGKEYS( XK_2, 1)
TAGKEYS( XK_3, 2)
TAGKEYS( XK_4, 3)
TAGKEYS( XK_5, 4)
TAGKEYS( XK_6, 5)
TAGKEYS( XK_7, 6)
TAGKEYS( XK_8, 7)
TAGKEYS( XK_9, 8)
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_q, quit, {0} },
};
/* button definitions */
/* click can be ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
static Button buttons[] = {
/* click event mask button function argument */
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button1, setlayout, {0} },
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button3, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ ClkWinTitle, 0, Button2, zoom, {0} },
{ ClkStatusText, 0, Button2, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button1, movemouse, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button2, togglefloating, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button3, resizemouse, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button1, view, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button3, toggleview, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button1, tag, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button3, toggletag, {0} },
};
#define NUMCOLORS 4
static const char colors[NUMCOLORS][ColLast][8] = {
// border foreground background
{ "#000033", "#B3B3B3", "#2D2D2D" }, // normal
{ "#5DB8EC", "#5DB8EC", "#393939" }, // selected
{ "#ff0000", "#000000", "#ffff00" }, // urgent/warning (black on yellow)
{ "#ff0000", "#ffffff", "#ff0000" }, // error (white on red)
// add more here
};xmonad.hs
import XMonad
import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import System.IO
import Data.Monoid
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
import qualified Data.Map as M
main = do
xmonad $ defaultConfig
{
terminal = myTerminal
, modMask = myModMask
, borderWidth = myBorderWidth
, focusFollowsMouse = myFocusFollowsMouse
, normalBorderColor = myNormalBorderColor
, focusedBorderColor = myFocusedBorderColor
-- Key Bindings
--, keys = myKeys
--, mouseBindings = myMouseBindings
-- Workspaces
, workspaces = myWorkspaces
-- Hooks and Layouts
, layoutHook = myLayout
, manageHook = myManageHook
, handleEventHook = myEventHook
, logHook = myLogHook
, startupHook = myStartupHook
}
myTerminal = "urxvtc -tr"
myModMask = mod1Mask
myBorderWidth = 2
myFocusFollowsMouse = False
myNormalBorderColor = "#393939"
myFocusedBorderColor = "#5DB8EC"
--myKeys =
--myMouseBindings =
myWorkspaces = [ "main", "www", "dev", "media", "chat/torrent", "misc" ]
myLayout = avoidStruts $ smartBorders tiled ||| smartBorders (Mirror tiled) ||| noBorders Full
where
tiled = Tall nmaster delta ratio
nmaster = 1
ratio = 1/2
delta = 3/100
myManageHook = composeAll [ title =? "ncmpcpp" --> doF (W.shift "media") ]
myEventHook = mempty
myLogHook = return ()
myStartupHook = return ()Appreciate any help that people can offer.
Thanks
Last edited by surreal-Arch (2010-07-25 01:56:01)
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#2 2010-07-23 17:27:40
- falconindy
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
As long as you're matching the class/instance/title of a window, it will obey the rules defined in config.h. If windows are not adhering the these rules, then the class/instance/title is not being matched. It's really that simple. I use this script to pare down the info generated by xprop:
#!/bin/bash
xprop |awk '
/^WM_CLASS/{sub(/.* =/, "instance:"); sub(/,/, "\nclass:"); print}
/^WM_NAME/{sub(/.* =/, "title:"); print}'Run the script, click on the window in question, fix your rule, recompile dwm. Remember that case matters.
As for a DWM-like status bar in Xmonad, you'll need to use something such as xmobar or dzen2. Xmonad has no status bar of its own.
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#3 2010-07-23 20:11:56
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
I don't use tag/app control in dwm, but when I set it up in other wm's I tended to launch them in urxvt (actually urxvtc) and specified a title using the "-title" option. Then I can just match on the title - which I can control.
I bind all my keys using xbindkey (that way I don't have to change anything from one wm to another) and here's how I launch mutt, for example:
"urxvtc -title Mail -e bash -i -c mutt"
m:0x40 + c:68
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#4 2010-07-24 09:38:32
- karol
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
A little OT:
skanky, have you tried 'urxvtc -title Mail -e mutt'? And specifying bash as interactive ('-i') is plain weird in this situation.
Caveat: I never used xbindkeys, so I don't know if your keybindings will still work w/o bash.
Last edited by karol (2010-07-24 09:39:45)
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#5 2010-07-24 09:44:32
- jasonwryan
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
static const Rule rules[] = {
/* class instance title tags mask isfloating monitor */
{ NULL, NULL, "mutt", 1 << 2, False, -1 }, }
static const char *mailcmd[] = { "urxvtc", "-title", "mutt", "-e", "mutt", NULL };
static Key keys[] = {
/* modifier key function argument */
{ ControlMask|Mod1Mask, XK_m, spawn, {.v = mailcmd } },
}works for me
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#6 2010-07-24 19:07:52
- surreal-Arch
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
I was able to get dwm apps working 
Thanks everyone for the help
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#7 2010-07-26 09:33:09
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Re: [SOLVED] XMonad dzen2 / DWM command line apps
A little OT:
skanky, have you tried 'urxvtc -title Mail -e mutt'? And specifying bash as interactive ('-i') is plain weird in this situation.Caveat: I never used xbindkeys, so I don't know if your keybindings will still work w/o bash.
Ah, my mistake. That's because I don't actually call "mutt" but instead call a function called "mail". I've set-up app independent functions for all my common stuff (mail, web, news, music, etc.) so that I can change the application used, but don't accidentally type the old one through habit. I also use those functions in xbindkeys so that I don't have to remember to change the call there. Also, and this is especially true in mutt, some config files use functions inside them. The thing is though, my functions are only sourced in interactive sessions.
I could stop using interactive if I moved them all to scripts (I have two terminal ones as scripts - tmnl and tmnlnc that start urxvtc and urxvtc with no clock that are also used in the xbindkeys set-up), but I want to keep those ones as functions. There may be a better way to do it, but this "works for me"(tm). 
Anyway, the relevance here was that I wanted to simplify all that in my post above, so removed all the function wrappers, but forgot to remove the -i as well. But yes, I agree with you otherwise.
(EDIT) Nice one surreal-Arch
Last edited by skanky (2010-07-26 09:33:37)
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