[xmonad] mplayer & borders

[Don Stewart]

xj2106:
> Roman Cheplyaka <roma at ro-che.info> writes:
> 
> > * Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106 at columbia.edu> [2008-02-01 17:25:13-0500]
> >> Roman Cheplyaka <roma at ro-che.info> writes:
> >> 
> >> > It seems to be one of the most frequently asked questions on the IRC, so
> >> > I've just added it to FAQ[1]. As I wrote there, I don't see any way to
> >> > automate this task with manageHook. Keeping an extra bit for each window
> >> > (whether to draw borders) looks like overkill for, I guess, single
> >> > program which needs it. Does anyone have ideas how to automate
> >> > NoBorders in a simple way?
> >> >
> >> >   1. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions#I_don.27t_like_borders_around_mplayer
> >> 
> >> I don't understand why xmonad cannot do the same thing as
> >> how dwm treats mplayer.
> >
> > Would you tell us?
> >
> > I don't see dwm treats mplayer separately.
> > Just one rule to make it floating in config.def.h.
> 
> Have you tried it?  It is not a separate treatment.  The
> issue is that, in dwm, when the rule is applied, full
> screened mplayer, got by pressing `f', is _correctly_
> positioned on the screen, borders _outside_ of the screen.
> On the contrary, what you can get from a floating full
> screened mplayer in xmonad is top and left borders on the
> edge of the screen and you need to move the mplayer window
> up and left 1 pixel manually to achieve what dwm does
> automatically.
> 
> I'm no expert on window manager.  Hope the above description
> is informative enough.

Oh! How about we just have a manageHook that sets the desired
geometry?