[xmonad] Xmonad.Layout.Hints and pidgin

[Patrick Brisbin]

Nathan, 

I'm sorry I replied directly, hit r by accident instead of L in mutt
*fail*

Same reply below but to the list this time:

On 09/29/09 at 04:30pm, Nathan Huesken wrote:
> 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?
> 

What is the output when you do the following?

  start pidgin

  type xprop | grep "WM_WINDOW_ROLE\|WM_CLASS" in a term

  click on your buddy list

Thanks,
Pat

-- 
patrick brisbin