[xmonad] OO.o won't open, Dialogs and GIMP won't float/tile right

[Dayo Adewunmi]

Well, I started Gimp again, and now it's all nice and tiled .... :-/

All I need now is for FileOpen/Save dialog boxes to float right. lol

Wirt Wolff wrote:
> Sorry for the long wait for a reply, Dayo.
>
> Excerpts from Dayo Adewunmi's message of Wed Apr 22 09:49:07 -0600 2009:
>   
>> Hi guys.
>>
>> I love Xmonad. Installed it on my Ubuntu 8.10 laptop a couple of days 
>> ago for the first time, so I'm still a newbie. I managed to add Xmobar, 
>> by following the installation instructions from here: 
>> http://code.haskell.org/~arossato/xmobar/#installation and using the 
>> config example from here: 
>> http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/John_Goerzen's_Configuratio
>> n#Configuring_xmonad_to_use_xmobar
>>
>> My modifier is Alt, so I press Alt+p to start apps from the grey menu 
>> bar that appears at the top of the screen, and so far the only one that 
>> won't start is OpenOffice3.
>>     
>
> I don't use dmenu, so ymmv, but hopefully the ff. would work for you
> too, in case you don't happen to be selecting the intended oo___ app
> from dmenu: in shell at least 'oowriter' starts document editor and
> 'ooffice' the generic oo gateway. (I use XMonad.Util.Scratchpad or a
> shell to start apps, so can just type 'oo<tab>' to see the available
> openoffice commands to choose from.)
>
>   
>> Also, I have to start GIMP 2.6 in a dedicated workspace, because it just 
>> won't tile correctly with other open apps. Dialog prompts like "SaveAs"
>> and "Open" of various apps don't float right either, leaving the "Save",
>> "Open", "Cancel" buttons hanging out of sight below the visible line
>> of the screen.
>>     
>
> Hmm, with the xmonad.hs you attached I'd expect all Gimp things to
> float, and dialogs to be in the upper left corner. Maybe your Gimp has
> different X properties than the expected class name of "Gimp". This link
> [1] has a bunch of info about xprop, hooks, and Gimp,
>
> #xmonad  on irc.freenode.net is another place to get help with the
> dialog window locations.
>
>   
>> Also pressing Alt+Enter is said to switch the active frame with the 
>> frame in the Master pane, but this stopped working after some editing of 
>> xmonad.hs (or .xmobarrc?). Unfortunately, I can't remember what changes 
>> I made that caused Alt+Enter to stop working.
>>     
>
> The xmonad.hs you pasted should use the default keys, including Alt-Enter,
> so maybe try #xmonad for help troubleshooting what's going wrong.
> (.xmobarrc only affects xmobar, so long as it's working and displaying
> workspaces xmonad is writing to it -- nothing to do with Alt-Enter)
>
> Welcome, hope you continue to like xmonad and customizing it to your
> needs.
>
> [1] http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/General_xmonad.hs_config_tips#Gimp
>
>   
>> Here are my specs and configs:
>>
>> ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs: http://pastebin.com/f5e107f70
>> ~/.xmobarrc: http://pastebin.com/febe32b4
>>
>> Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
>> Linux 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dayo
>>     
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