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PandaMine

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] XMonad + Float + Spawn

Im currently configuring my xmonad.hs, I have just spent an hour going through the XMonad API and contribs however I am still stuck

Im trying to figure out if its possible to float a window that has just been spawned by a key binding. I initially didn't want to use a hook since that will effect every instance of the window (since the command goes through xterm, I don't want every xterm to float)

The line is

, ((modm    , xK_m), spawn (myTerminal ++ " -e ncmpc") )

What I essentially want to do is to spawn a terminal and float it at the same time. What this means I can press Mod+M and see my music playlist (without it splitting the current windows)

Last edited by PandaMine (2008-10-11 10:43:41)

PandaMine

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] XMonad + Float + Spawn

dw, already solved by hooking

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: [SOLVED] XMonad + Float + Spawn

Of course, you could just set a different wm name/class for the terminal with the playlist and tell Xmonad to float it that way. Much simpler
But you couldn't do that if your terminal emulator doesn't support it, though. I know gnome-terminal does, probably most others do too..

EDIT: I see you're using xterm, have you tried the -name and -class arguments ?

Last edited by moljac024 (2008-10-11 11:04:53)

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