[xmonad] Xmonad.Layout.Hints and pidgin

[Nathan Huesken]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:45:42AM -0400, Patrick Brisbin wrote:
> 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
> 

Hi,

I really do not know what I did, but this morning I started the
computer, started pidgin and it worked ...

So thanks for all the effort.

Nathan