[xmonad] using xosd to indicate screen focus

[Don Stewart]

sean.escriva:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:02:59PM -0500, Brent Yorgey wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:42:20PM -0800, Don Stewart wrote:
> > > I've been experimenting with using the xosd lib for visual clues as to
> > > which screen has focus on xinerma set ups (something that brings grief
> > > and confusion to new users!)
> > > 
> > > An example,
> > > 
> > >     http://galois.com/~dons/images/screen-xosd.png
> > > 
> > > The idea would be for an xmc extension with hooks into xosd, so you
> > > could write text and other fun things this way, with the first
> > > application being a view hook.
> > > 
> > > Thoughts? Seems worth pursuing?
> > 
> > Sounds pretty nifty to me.  I'd certainly use it.
> 
> I agree, I could see using it as a more attractive alternative to
> dynamicLogString. Of course that's subjective, but it would be fun to
> play with regardless.

One question : how wide spread is libosd?
It's in Arch in the [extra]. Is it in Debian?

-- Don