[xmonad] Can't get Urgency Hook to work

[Henri Ducrocq]

Oh, I didn't realise the hook was only used for windows on different
workspaces... It does work perfectly indeed, thanks!

I just used it to invoke a python script showing a native Gnome notification
with a "Go to window" button, next I'll try porting that script to Haskell.

2009/2/13 Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j at gmail.com>

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:13:09AM +0000, Henri Ducrocq wrote:
> > Here is the relevant bit from my xmonad.hs:
> >
> > main = xmonad
> >         $ withUrgencyHook dzenUrgencyHook
> >         $ gnomeConfig
> >
> > When I echo a bell character from xterm, the corresponding button in my
> > "task bar" flashes, however nothing else happens. dzen2 seems to be
> working
> > ok, and I see nothing in .xsession-errors.
> > I read all of the doc for UrgencyHook, played with SpawnUrgencyHook as
> well,
> > I can't see what I'm doing wrong...
> >
> > Could it be that the task bar catches the event and prevents it from
> being
> > dispatched to xmonad?
> > Or what?
>
> When you echo the bell, are you making sure that you are not on the same
> workspace as the terminal you are belling from? To test, do a
>
> sleep 2; echo -e '\a'
>
> ,then immediately switch workspaces. Does it work then?
>
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