[xmonad] Xmonad.Layout.Hints and pidgin

[Patrick Brisbin]

On 09/29/09 at 01:53pm, Toby Cubitt wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:43:39PM +0200, Nathan Huesken wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can the IM layout be made to work with pidgin?
> >
> > I did:
> >
> > withIM (1%7) (ClassName "Buddy List") (Grid)
> >
> > But it completly behaves the same for the pidgin Buddy List as all otehr
> > windows (Grid layout).
> >
> > The "Buddy List" comes from xwininfo.
> 
> Are you sure the class name isn't "Pidgen"? That's what xprop tells me on
> my system at least. (It gives "Buddy List" as the *icon* name.)
> 
>   (withIM (1/5) (ClassName "Pidgin") Grid)
> 
> works fine for me.

I also had pidgin working with:

  withIM (ratio) (Role "buddy_list") (layout)

This prevents chat windows from supplanting the roster (if they have the
same Classname).

-- 
patrick brisbin