[xmonad] Xmonad.Layout.Hints and pidgin

[Nathan Huesken]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:45:22AM -0400, Patrick Brisbin wrote:
> 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

Hi,

Mmh, OK. Strange. For some reason, my buddy list is not been placed
correctly (not handled any different than any other window).
Ideas what could be wrong?

Thanks!
Nathan