[xmonad] Fwd: How to use onScreen function on startup?

[kevind256]

Thanks, it worked. I initially thought that viewOnScreen will also
focus that screen (which I did not want), but it doesn't.

For the sake of my (mis)education, could you provide some info what is
this windows(...) and why is it required? Maybe just a link to
documentation, if possible.

On 12/12/10, Adam Vogt <vogt.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
> * On Sunday, December 12 2010, kevind256 wrote:
>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: kevind256 <kevind256 at gmail.com>
>>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:37:55 +0300
>>Subject: How to use onScreen function on startup?
>>To: xmonad at haskell.org
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Sorry to ask question out of total lack of knowledge of Haskell, but
>>how do I use a function (in this case onScreen from
>>XMonad.Actions.OnScreen) at xmonad startup? I's like to assign the
>>last workspace to second screen by default, since it's really
>>secondary in my setup (music player is there usually).
>>
>>I tried putting this in main = do { ... } section:
>>onScreen 1 "9";
>
> First, onScreen manipulates xmonad state so it needs to be run after
> that has been created. So put it in the startupHook like:
>
> main = do
>     ...
>     main = xmonad defaultConfig {
> ... -- other stuff
> modMask = modm,
> startupHook = windows (viewOnScreen 1 "9") }
>
>
> I've corrected the expression as well, following the 'simpler' example
> given in the module documentation.
>
>
> Adam
>
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