[xmonad] Making utility windows "dock like"

[Roman Cheplyaka]

* wirtwolff <wirtwolff at gmail.com> [2009-01-31 17:28:24-0700]
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> One issue I haven't solved yet is cellwriter
>> (http://risujin.org/cellwriter/).  According to xprop cellwriter is a
>> "utility window", not a dock, and doesn't provide the struts field,
>> even when it is set to dock mode.  As a result, when I unhide it using
>> the notification icon it pops up as a float in the middle of my
>> screen.
>>
>> What I'd like to do is treat it as a dock: Accept the size it assumes,
>> force it to bottom of the screen (just above my existing panel), and
>> prevent anything from overlapping it or it from overlapping anything
>> (shrinking the tiled area as a result).
>>   
>
> Sounds like a great candidate for the darcs xmonad-contrib extension,
> Layout.Monitor, if running darcs is an option. Here is link to archive of
> documentation to help you decide, (hehe, unless you're already running
> darcs xmonad.) Sounds like also might need to set gaps manually,
> though, since it doesn't set struts afaik.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~radafizir/xmc-layout-monitor.tar.gz

Layout.Monitor was initially written for monitor-over-windows. If you
need no overlapping, you really need just apropriate tiling layout.

For instance, try Layout.IM. You can transform it with Mirror and Reflect so
your window will be on the bottom of screen. Layout.IM ensures that
cellwriter window will always remain at the bottom, even if you shuffle
other windows.

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Roman I. Cheplyaka (aka Feuerbach @ IRC)
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