[xmonad] Issue 531 in xmonad: Multiple workspaces with the same name confuses XMonad

[codesite-noreply at google.com]

Status: New
Owner: ----

New issue 531 by erdnussb... at gmail.com: Multiple workspaces with the same  
name confuses XMonad
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=531

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect that xmonad differs between workspaces even if they have the same  
name.
The following describes the scenarios you run into when naming multiple  
workspaces identically.

-------------------
Scenario 1:
-------------------
How to produce:
1. Give some workspaces the same name.
2. Restart and recompile XMonad.

What happens:
The renamed workspaces are added uselessly to the beginng of the list. (see  
picture 1.png)

-------------------
Scenario 2:
-------------------
How to produce:
1. Start from scenario 1.
2. Restart X.

What happens:
XMonad shows all the workspaces separately but addresses them as one (see  
picture 2.png).

Additional information:
If you switch between two workspaces with the same name, xmonad loads the  
content again (you see it flicker) but the content is the same.

-------------------
Scenario 3a:
-------------------
How to produce:
1. Start from scenario 2.
2. Change one of the former identical workspace names to something unique.
3. Recompile and restart XMonad.

What happens:
XMonad displays mutliple times the unique name?! (see picture 3a.png)

Additional information:
 From this point on, recompiling and restarting doesn't fix the corruption  
of the running XMonad session.

-------------------
Scenario 3b:
-------------------
How to produce:
1. Start from Scenario 3a
2. Restart X

What happens:
The multiple workspaces are shown again, still addresses as one, but the  
uniquely named workspace is displayed and addressed correctly. (see picture  
3b.png)

-------------------
Scenario 3c:
-------------------
How to produce:
1. Start from Scenario 3b.
2. Change all workspace names to something unique again.
3. Recompile and Restart Xmonad.

What happens:
The doesn't have the intended effect, instead some workspace keys stop  
working and a random one is shown mutliple times. (see picture 3c.png)

Restarting X fixes this issue.

4. Start with Scenario 1 again, it's fun (:


-------------------
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Linux ******* 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux (wheezy)
xmonad 0.10

-------------------
Are you using an xmonad.hs?  Please attach it and the output of "xmonad
--recompile".
Yes I'm using it, there are no compilation errors.

-------------------
Please provide any additional information below.
Dzen2 and Xmobar showed the same effects.


Attachments:
	1.png  116 KB
	2.png  122 KB
	3a.png  137 KB
	3b.png  115 KB
	3c.png  116 KB
	xmonad.hs  10.8 KB