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TomE

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Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 164

[solved] dmenu in xmond not displaying

Hi

I've got a strange problem with dmenu and xmonad. When I call dmenu just after closing another dmenu the second dmenu does not show up, but the dmenu still works.
Try the following:

echo -e '1\n2'|dmenu; echo -e 'a\nb'|dmenu

Adding a one second sleep between makes it show up.

echo -e '1\n2'|dmenu; sleep 1; echo -e 'a\nb'|dmenu

Is anyone else getting this problem or is it my config?

Last edited by TomE (2010-12-08 17:17:56)

brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: [solved] dmenu in xmond not displaying

FWIW, I've always had this issue.  Are you running xcompmgr?  Does the problem persist without?  I gave up on troubleshooting and just went with the sleepy approach.

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TomE

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Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 164

Re: [solved] dmenu in xmond not displaying

yep, running xcompmgr, killing it solves the problem.
Guess I'll stop using xcompmgr or add a bunch of sleeps to my script, as xcompmgr is not likely too be updated any time soon.
Thanks

eduardo.eae

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From: Reconquista - Argentina

Registered: 2010-01-24

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Re: [solved] dmenu in xmond not displaying

The problem with xcompmgr is the fading when opening new things. Disabling that you can still use the transparency.

TomE

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Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 164

Re: [solved] dmenu in xmond not displaying

I only use the fade option, to make transitions between workspaces look a bit nicer.
Transparency seems a bit pointless on a tiling wm when there nothing behind the windows to see apart from the desktop image.