[xmonad] Dual screen workspaces stay where they are

[wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu]

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're asking for. However, you  
may find the following documentation relevant to your interests:

http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad/XMonad-StackSet.html#v%3AgreedyView (the  
default action for workspace-changing keys)
http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad/XMonad-StackSet.html#v%3Aview
http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html

If you do *not* find these documentations enlightening, perhaps you  
can help us by giving very clear steps to reproduce the behavior you  
see. My favorite format is, "I do X, expecting Y to happen, but Z  
happens instead". =)

Cheers!
~d

Quoting Nick Urbanik <nick.urbanik at optusnet.com.au>:

> Dear Folks,
>
> Thanks for a nice windowing system.  (it's really just a ruse to get
> me to learn Haskell!)
>
> I use two screens, and am used to the idea that on one pair of
> screens, I have windows open relating to one activity.
>
> I would really like desktops to stay where they are, so I see just the
> ones I care about at one time.  Unfortunately, it seems that when I
> change workspaces, I drag some other things with me as I go around,
> and I get horribly lost.  I want to see the browser only when I press
> Meta-3 (and Meta-4, I think) for example, and when I press other key
> combinations, I go to those other workspaces, where I was doing
> something completely different.  I seem to be chasing my emacs
> windows around the place, and things don't seem to stay where I put
> them.
>
> Am I just confused, or is there a software solution to this problem?
> Or should I ask for a refund on that lobotomy?
>
> Here is my xmonad.hs:
> import XMonad
> import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
> import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
> import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
> import XMonad.Util.EZConfig(additionalKeys)
> import System.IO
>
> myManageHook = composeAll
>     [ className =? "Gimp"      --> doFloat
>     , className =? "Vncviewer" --> doFloat
>     ]
> main = do
>     xmproc <- spawnPipe "xmobar"
>     xmonad $ defaultConfig {
>         terminal = "Terminal"
>         , manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook -- make sure to  
> include myManageHook definition from above
>                         <+> manageHook defaultConfig
>         , layoutHook = avoidStruts  $  layoutHook defaultConfig
>         , logHook = dynamicLogWithPP $ xmobarPP
>                         { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc
>                         , ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten 50
>                         }
>         , modMask = mod4Mask     -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key
>         } `additionalKeys`
>         [ ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_z), spawn  
> "xscreensaver-command -lock")
>         , ((controlMask, xK_Print), spawn "sleep 0.2; scrot -s")
>         , ((0, xK_Print), spawn "scrot")
>         ]
>
> I also am using xmobar.
> -- 
> Nick Urbanik http://nicku.org 808-71011 nick.urbanik at optusnet.com.au
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