xmonad-contrib-0.11: Third party extensions for xmonad

Portability | unportable
Stability | unstable
Maintainer | Adam Vogt <vogt.adam@gmail.com>
Safe Haskell | None

XMonad.Layout.BoringWindows

Contents

- Usage
- Tips
  - variant of `Full`

Description

BoringWindows is an extension to allow windows to be marked boring

Synopsis

- boringWindows :: (LayoutClass l a, Eq a) => l a -> ModifiedLayout BoringWindows l a
- boringAuto :: (LayoutClass l a, Eq a) => l a -> ModifiedLayout BoringWindows l a
- markBoring :: X ()
- clearBoring :: X ()
- focusUp :: X ()
- focusDown :: X ()
- focusMaster :: X ()
- data UpdateBoring = UpdateBoring
- data BoringMessage
  - = Replace String [Window]
  - | Merge String [Window]
- data BoringWindows a

# Usage

You can use this module with the following in your `~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs`:

     import XMonad.Layout.BoringWindows

Then edit your `layoutHook` by adding the layout modifier:

     myLayout = boringWindows (Full ||| etc..)
     main = xmonad defaultConfig { layoutHook = myLayout }

Then to your keybindings, add:

     , ((modm, xK_j), focusUp)
     , ((modm, xK_k), focusDown)
     , ((modm, xK_m), focusMaster)

For more detailed instructions on editing the layoutHook see:

XMonad.Doc.Extending

boringWindows :: (LayoutClass l a, Eq a) => l a -> ModifiedLayout BoringWindows l a

boringAuto :: (LayoutClass l a, Eq a) => l a -> ModifiedLayout BoringWindows l a

Mark windows that are not given rectangles as boring

markBoring :: X ()

clearBoring :: X ()

focusUp :: X ()

focusDown :: X ()

focusMaster :: X ()

data UpdateBoring

UpdateBoring is sent before attempting to view another boring window, so that layouts have a chance to mark boring windows.

Constructors

UpdateBoring |

Instances

Typeable UpdateBoring |
Message UpdateBoring |

data BoringMessage

Constructors

Replace String [Window] |
Merge String [Window] |

Instances

Read BoringMessage |
Show BoringMessage |
Typeable BoringMessage |
Message BoringMessage |

data BoringWindows a

Instances

Typeable1 BoringWindows |
LayoutModifier BoringWindows Window |
Read a => Read (BoringWindows a) |
Show a => Show (BoringWindows a) |

# Tips

## variant of `Full`

An alternative to `Full` is XMonad.Layout.Simplest. Less windows are ignored by `focusUp` and `focusDown`. This may be helpful when you want windows to be uninteresting by some other layout modifier (ex. XMonad.Layout.Minimize)