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#1 2009-10-08 20:50:08

Kansl
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XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Hello,

Maybe a stupid question, i switched from ubuntu to arch. In ubuntu you needed dwm-tools for the workspaces selector, what do I need in arch to display the workspaces?

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#2 2009-10-08 21:02:19

japetto
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

xmonad-contrib  wink

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#3 2009-10-08 21:03:37

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

japetto wrote:

xmonad-contrib  wink

I installed it, but the bar with the workspace names doesn't show up...

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#4 2009-10-08 21:12:07

japetto
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Ahh, I think I misread your question.  You probably want to install either dzen2 or xmobar, depending on which one you use.

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#5 2009-10-08 21:18:57

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

I Also use xmobar, how can I display the numbers of the workplaces?

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#6 2009-10-08 21:24:34

japetto
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Kansl wrote:

I Also use xmobar, how can I display the numbers of the workplaces?

Did you install xmobar?

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#7 2009-10-08 21:25:05

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

japetto wrote:
Kansl wrote:

I Also use xmobar, how can I display the numbers of the workplaces?

Did you install xmobar?

Yes

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#8 2009-10-08 21:26:51

Mr.Elendig
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

You need to run some sort of bar, dzen2/ xmobar is the most popular ones, and then you have to configure xmonad so that it prints the info to the bar. There are several ways to do this. The easiest is to spawn the bar in xmonad.hs and then set the output of the PP to write to that handler.

There is a lot of docuemtation on this, including for DynamicLog which you will be using to print the info.

Edit: You can look at my config (found in my signature) for one example of how to do it.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-10-08 21:27:41)


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#9 2009-10-08 21:27:16

japetto
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Are you using your own xmonad.hs?  Is it in ~/.xmonad/ ?

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#10 2009-10-08 21:29:55

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Yes it is, xmobar works fine with stats...

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#11 2009-10-08 21:30:29

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

japetto wrote:

Are you using your own xmonad.hs?  Is it in ~/.xmonad/ ?

And I use my own config...

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#12 2009-10-08 21:40:35

Mr.Elendig
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

There is even some info on archwiki  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmo … ith_xmonad


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#13 2009-10-08 21:48:01

Kansl
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Re: XMonad doesn't show workspaces/names

Thank you so much!

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