the perfect news ticker for xmonad, but...

Digit · 2011-02-02 20:44:32

i've found the perfect rss feed news ticker in aur.

it's called simply, "news".

alas, i have not yet fathomed how to integrate it with xmonad.

i tried merely suplanting tint2, for news, in the vane hope that that would be sufficient, to have it as a toggle'able panel...
not so simple as news isnt EWMH compliant i presume.

... right now all i have left is endless chin rubbing and head scratching.

any xmonader's out there interested?

[edit~oops, kinda forgot i'd already made this one late night.]

Last edited by Digit (2011-02-02 20:47:33)

Digit · 2011-02-04 22:28:39

anyone know of a way to have two avoidstruts with XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks?

or do i need to use XMonad.Layout.Gaps if i want a second one for news?

http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-co … -Gaps.html

Runiq · 2011-02-04 22:39:16

Digit wrote:

anyone know of a way to have two avoidstruts with XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks?
http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-co … -Gaps.html

You shouldn’t neet two avoidStruts hooks. As long as your news bar registers itself as a dock, your single avoidStruts manage hook should take care of it.

One way to actually “integrate” it is to simply start it in your ~/.xinitrc. As long as you don’t want to display any XMonad state changes (such as visible desktops, the current layout, window title etc.) in your news ticker bar, this should work.

Last edited by Runiq (2011-02-04 22:41:36)

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the perfect news ticker for xmonad, but...

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